Ambulance call triage outcomes for patients reporting pain: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of pain score versus triage level

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Lord, B ^a   Cui, J ^b,c   Woollard, M ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCALE UP; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 61749085660     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.058719     Document Type: Article

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