Clinical management of polytraumatized patients in the emegergency room - Duty and assignment of the trauma surgeon;Klinisches Polytrauma-Management im Schockraum - Was Muss und Kann der Unfallchirurg Leisten?

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-53

  Frink, M ^a   Probst, Ch ^b   Krettek, Ch ^b   Pape, H Chr ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Polytrauma; Trauma surgeon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33847636655     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958706     Document Type: Article

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