Pre-hospital care of the injured in South Western Nigeria: A hospital based study of four tertiary level hospitals in three states

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 93-100

  Oluwadiya, K S ^a   Olakulehin, A O ^a   Olatoke, S A ^a   Kolawole, I K ^b   Solagberu, B A ^c   Olasinde, A A ^d   Komolafe, E O K ^e  

^a Department of Surgery   (Nigeria)

^b Department of Anesthesia ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^d Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

^e OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRE-HOSPITAL CARE; ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMS; VEHICLE CRACHES;

AMBULANCES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 32444445522     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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