Reliability and validity of the Toowoomba adult trauma triage tool: A Queensland, Australia study

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-237

  Wollaston, Anthony ^a   Fahey, Paul ^b   McKay, Michelle ^a   Hegney, Desley ^b   Miller, Peter ^a   Wollaston, James ^c  

^a Toowoomba   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Wollaston Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Decision support computerised; Decision support systems clinical; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUEENSLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 5044220309     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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