Could bystander first-aid prevent trauma deaths at the scene of injury?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Ashour, Amer ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a,b,c,f   Bernard, Stephen ^b,d,g   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,c,h   Smith, Karen ^b,d,i   Walker, Tony ^e,j  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Metropolitan Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^e Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^f Victorian State Trauma Registry ^*

^g DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Emergency and Trauma Centre

ⁱ Research and Evaluation Metropolitan Ambulance Service

^j Australian College of Ambulance Professionals   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Ambulance; Cardiac arrest; First aid; Injury Severity Score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULANCE; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

EID: 34247178968     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00948.x     Document Type: Review

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