Quality control programme for acute pain management in emergency medicine: A national survey

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 198-203

  Ricard Hibon, Agnes ^a   Ducassé, Jean Louis ^b   Ravaud, Philippe ^c   Wood, Chantal ^c   Viel, Eric ^d   Chauvin, Marcel ^c   Brunet, Fabrice ^c   Bleichner, Gérard ^c  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Rheumatology   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d Service de Traumatologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Emergency departments; Pain evaluation; Pre hospital; Quality programmeme

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING AUDIT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16544363890     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000136698.56966.f0     Document Type: Article

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