Compliance with protocols in transferring emergency patients to a tertiary care centre

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 857-863

  Armagan, Erol ^a   Gultekin Al, Murat ^a   Engindeniz, Zulfi ^a   Tokyay, Rifat ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Inter hospital transfers; Patient transfer; Patient transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 4043078414     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.09.038     Document Type: Article

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