Consensus on the pre-hospital approach to burns patient management

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Allison, Keith ^a   Porter, Keith ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clingfilm Dressings; Consensus guidelines for burns; First Aid for burns; Pre hospital burns care

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BURN; CANNULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0346155870     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(03)00066-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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