Prehospital prediction of the severity of blunt anatomic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 754-760

  Mulholland, Stephen A ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   Gabbe, Belinda J ^b   Williamson, Owen D ^b   Young, Keith ^c   Smith, Karen L ^c   Bernard, Stephen A ^b,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Injury severity; Major trauma; Prehospital triage; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 40549102410     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000244384.85267.c5     Document Type: Article

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