Trauma reception and resuscitation

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 725-728

  Fitzgerald, Mark C ^a,c   Bystrzycki, Adam B ^a   Farrow, Nathan C ^a,c   Cameron, Peter A ^a,c   Kossmann, Thomas ^b,c   Sugrue, Michael E ^d   Mackenzie, Colin F ^e  

^a Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^b The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized prompt; Medical error; Resuscitation; Video audit

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK; TECHNOLOGY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746620407     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03841.x     Document Type: Article

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