Mechanisms of motor vehicle accidents that predict major injury

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 423-428

  Palanca, Sylvia ^a,b   Taylor, David McD ^a   Bailey, Michael ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Major injury; Mechanism of injury; Motor vehicle accident; Prehospital; Trauma triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0344233236     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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