Characteristics of twice-transferred, rural trauma patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 330-335

  Sihler, Kristen C ^a   Hansen, Alfred R ^a   Torner, James C ^a   Kealey, G Patrick ^a   Morgan, Lori J ^b   Zwerling, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural emergency medical services; Transfers; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; AMBULANCE; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELICOPTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRAVEL;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IOWA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035989888     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938418     Document Type: Article

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