Consensus report for regionalization of services for critically ill or injured children

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 236-239

  Perloff, W H ^a   Brill, J ^a   Ackerman, A ^a   Briglia, F ^a   Dimand, R ^a   Flores, R ^a   Friedman, B ^a   Goldstein, B ^a   Hardy, D ^a   Huelitt, M ^a   Lloyd, L ^a   Lloyd, R ^a   Lynch, R ^a   Mays, T ^a   Mickell, J ^a   Mohan, O ^a   Moss, M ^a   Notterman, D ^a   Ragosta, K ^a   Schleien, C ^a   Weise, K ^a   Wright, J ^a   Yeh, T ^a   Zucker, H ^a   more..

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Author keywords

Critically ill children; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical services for children; Prehospital care; Regionalization; Transport of critically ill children; Trauma in children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033953401     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00040     Document Type: Article

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