Current spinal board usage in emergency departments across the UK

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Malik, M H A ^a   Lovell, M E ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL BOARD; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0037404061     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00314-5     Document Type: Article

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