Redefining the golden hour in pediatric transport

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-437

  Stroud, Michael H ^a   Prodhan, Parthak ^a   Moss, Michele M ^a   Anand, K J S ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal directed therapy; Golden hour; Monitoring techniques; Pediatric transport

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PEDIATRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61749092305     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318172da62     Document Type: Article

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