Advanced trauma and life support principles: An audit of their application in a rural trauma centre

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-98

  Calleary, J G ^a  

^a CAVAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032788255     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02946472     Document Type: Article

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