The role of performing life support courses in rural areas in improving pre-hospital physiologic conditions of patients with penetrating injuries

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 538-541

  Nia, Masoud Saghafi ^a   Naffisi, Nahid ^b   Mohebbi, Hassan Ali ^a   Moharamzadeh, Yashar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranian Mine Victim Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Low income countries; Penetrating injury; Physiologic Severity Score (PSS); Prognosis; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSION; FIRST AID; GOAT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LANDMINE EXPLOSION; LIFE SUPPORT COURSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 55349119869     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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