Triage and Early Recognition of Significant Head Injury in the Geriatric Trauma Patient

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-359

  Wolf, Lisa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33746057860     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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