Critical care in the emergency department: Patient transfer

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Dunn, M J G ^a   Gwinnutt, C L ^b   Gray, Alasdair J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33846244242     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.042044     Document Type: Article

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