Precise formulation and evidence-based application of resource-constrained triage

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 759-770

  Sacco, William J ^a   Navin, D Michael ^a   Fiedler, Katherine E ^b   Waddell II, Robert K ^a   Long, William B ^c   Buckman Jr , Robert F ^d  

^a Thinksharp Inc   (United States)

^b Acclaro Research Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d St Mary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained resource; Disaster; Mass casualty; Scoring; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CALIBRATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULSE RATE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE; VICTIM;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 22544450204     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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