Essential Trauma Care: Strengthening trauma systems round the world

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 841-845

  Joshipura, Manjul ^a   Mock, Charles ^b   Goosen, Jacques ^c   Peden, Margie ^d  

^a Academy of Traumatology India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Social Change Mental Hlth World H   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Essential Trauma Care; Global health programmes; Injury; Low income countries; Public health; Trauma systems; World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FORCEPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; SURGICAL INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 4043173346     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.08.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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