What is the future of advanced trauma life support training?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 695-700

  Ummenhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Scheidegger, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; INJURY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

EID: 0033396599     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199912000-00011     Document Type: Review

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