Secondary Triage of the Injured Pediatric Patient within the Trauma Center: Support for a Selective Resource-Sparing Two-Stage System

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-11

  Simon, Bruce ^a,b,c   Gabor, Richard ^a,b   Letourneau, Patricia ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0347763455     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000106236.72265.f2     Document Type: Article

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