Initial management of the trauma patient

Critical Care Clinics

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

  Richards, Christopher F ^a,b   Mayberry, John C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANAMNESIS; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0842303349     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00097-6     Document Type: Review

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