Disagreement between transport team and ED staff regarding the prehospital assessment of air medically evacuated scene patients

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Benner, John P ^a,b   Brauning, Genevieve ^a   Green, Mike ^a   Caldwell, Wendy ^a   Borloz, Matthew P ^a,b   Brady, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33745496307     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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