The cape triage score: A new triage system South Africa. Proposal from the cape triage group

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-153

  Gottschalk, S B ^a   Wood, D ^a   Devries, S ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^a,b   Bruijns, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645069975     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.028332     Document Type: Article

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