Intubation alone does not mandate trauma surgeon presence on patient arrival to the emergency department

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 937-942

  Ciesla, David J ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Moore, John B ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^a   Cothren, Clay C ^a   Burch, Jon M ^a   Harbrecht, Brian ^b   McGonigal, Michael D ^b   Davis, James W ^b   Ochsner, M Gage ^b   Baker, Christopher C ^b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Denver Health Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Intubation; Trauma; Trauma system; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECK INJURY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; SURGEON; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COLORADO; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 2942750182     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000127768.21385.81     Document Type: Article

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