Interpreting trauma radiographs

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Hardy, Maryann ^a   Barrett, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Emergency nurse practitioner; Nursing; Radiographic interpretation; Senior house officer; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; MEASUREMENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKILL; STANDARD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142214420     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02769.x     Document Type: Review

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