Life support for trauma and transport: A mobile ICU for safe in-hospital transport of critically injured patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Velmahos, George C ^a,c   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Ghilardi, Mariano ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Chan, Linda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ED; emergency department; Life Support for Trauma and Transport; LSTAT; operating room; OR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3042660576     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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