Comparison of paediatric major incident primary triage tools

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-478

  Wallis, L A ^a   Carley, S ^b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33748620277     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.032672     Document Type: Article

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