A repeat audit of spinal board usage in the emergency department

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Stagg, M J ^a   Lovell, M E ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal board

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL BOARD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPINAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 38949178878     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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