Comparative analysis of multiple-casualty incident triage algorithms

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 541-548

  Garner, Alan ^a   Lee, Anna ^b   Harrison, Ken ^a   Schultz, Carl H ^c  

^a CareFlight/NSW Medical Retrieval Service   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034761807     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.119053     Document Type: Article

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