Duration of patient immobilization in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-30

  Lerner, E Brooke ^a,b   Moscati, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backboarding; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033960401     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90043-3     Document Type: Article

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