Ambulance crew assessment of trauma severity and alerting practice for trauma patients brought to a general hospital

Resuscitation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Crystal, Roger ^a   Bleetman, Anthony ^b   Steyn, Richard ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alerta ao hospital; Alertar al hospital; Ambul ncia; Ambulance; Ambulancia; Gravidade de les o; Hospital alerting; Injury severity; Puntaje de trauma; Score de trauma; Severidad de lesiones; Trauma; Trauma scoring

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1842608958     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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