Direct transport versus interhospital transfer of patients with severe head injury in Norway

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Moen, Kent Gøran ^a   Klepstad, Pål ^a,b   Skandsen, Toril ^a,b   Fredriksli, Oddrun A ^c   Vik, Anne ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Patient transfer; Prehospital; Transportation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149265609     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282f4d111     Document Type: Article

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