The effect of a triage pain management protocol for minor musculoskeletal injury patients in a Hong Kong emergency department

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-72

  Wong, Eliza M L ^a   Chan, Holly M S ^b   Rainer, Timothy H ^a   Ying, Chair Sek ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Emergency department; Musculoskeletal injury; Pain protocol; Triage analgesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248327918     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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