Level of prehospital care and risk of mortality in patients with and without severe blunt head injury

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 815-819

  Lee, Anna ^a,b   Garner, Alan ^b   Fearnside, Michael ^c   Harrison, Ken ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NRMA CareFlight   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0142199940     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00395-9     Document Type: Article

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