Diffusion of Medical Progress: Early Spinal Immobilization in the Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1087-1089

  Hauswald, Mark ^a   Braude, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; health knowledge; physician practice patterns; practice; spinal immobilization; spinal injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; NEW MEXICO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 35349022490     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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