A case-control study of the transit times through an Accident and Emergency department of ankle injured patients assessed using the Ottawa Ankle Rules

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 148-154

  Allerston, Julie ^a   Justham, David ^b  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVALUATION; FRACTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; TIME; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0034232203     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/aaen.2000.0104     Document Type: Article

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