Triage and management of mass casualties in a train accident

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-111

  Malik, Zaka Ullah ^a   Pervez, Muhammad ^a   Safdar, Aqeel ^a   Masood, Tahir ^a   Tariq, Muhammad ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Mass casualties; Trauma; Trauma scoring systems; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RAILWAY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESUSCITATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RAILROADS; RESCUE WORK; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2342442433     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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