Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and trauma triage

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-339

  Hedges, Jerris ^a   Newgard, Craig ^a   Mullins, Richard ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMTALA; Medicolegal; Trauma transfer; Trauma triage

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745684157     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600728763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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