Trauma incidents attended by emergency medical services in Victoria, Australia

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Boyle, Malcolm J ^a   ClinEpi, M ^a   Smith, Erin C ^a   Archer, Frank L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

air ambulances; ambulances; emergency medical systems; emergency medical technicians; out of hospital; paramedic; prehospital; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 42549145455     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005501     Document Type: Article

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