Day for night: Should we staff a trauma center like a nightclub?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1048-1051

  Carmody, Ian C ^a   Romero, Javier ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NIGHT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJURY SCALE; MANPOWER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NIGHT CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036988469     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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