AKA unknown male Foxtrot 23/4: Alias assignment for unidentified emergency room patients

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-173

  Brooks, Adam J ^a   Macnab, Cara ^b   Boffard, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alias; Unknown patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; IDENTITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD;

EID: 0032942208     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.3.171     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Robinson G, Fortune JB, Wachtel TL, et al. A system of alias assignment for unidentified patients requiring emergency hospital admission. J Trauma 1985;25:333-6.
2. Blank-Reid CA, Kaplan LJ. A system for working with uni-dentified trauma patients. International Journal of Trauma Nursing 1996;2:108-10.