An analysis of the long-distance transport of burn patients to a regional burn center

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Klein, Matthew B ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a   Emerson, Dominic ^a   Heimbach, David M ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33846177910     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E31802C894B     Document Type: Article

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