An organized approach to trauma care: Legacy of R Adams Cowley

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-511

  Edlich, Richard F ^a,b,f   Wish, John R ^c,d   Britt, L D ^e   Long, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Research Committee   (United States)

^d LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Legacy Emanuel Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Central dispatch communication center; Critical care medicine; CT scan; Emergency department; Emergency medical service system; General surgery; Helicopter; Paramedic; Shock trauma center; State Police Aviation Division; Trauma patient; Trauma surgeon

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESUSCITATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION SERVICES; PARAMEDICS; TRAUMA;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIST; AVIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POLICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; TERRORISM; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

EID: 6344237912     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v14.i6.50     Document Type: Review

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