Secondary triage: Early identification of high-risk trauma patients presenting to non-tertiary hospitals

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-163

  Newgard, Craig D ^a,b   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Adams, Annette ^a   Mullins, Richard J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk; Secondary triage; Transfer; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OREGON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34047149952     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701205778     Document Type: Article

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