Trauma education and care in the jungle of Ecuador, where there is no advanced trauma life support

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 714-719

  Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Rodas, Edgar B ^b   Aboutanos, Sharline Z ^b   Mora, Francisco E ^b   Wolfe, Luke G ^b   Duane, Therese M ^b   Malhotra, Ajai K ^b   Ivatury, Rao R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ECUADOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 34147119482     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318031b56d     Document Type: Article

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