Is There Evidence to Support the Need for Routine Surgeon Presence on Trauma Patient Arrival?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-411

  Green, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646065653     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.032     Document Type: Article

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