Application of standard operating procedures accelerates the process of trauma care in patients with multiple injuries

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 311-317

  Wurmb, Thomas Erik ^a   Frühwald, Peter ^b   Knuepffer, Joachim ^a   Schuster, Frank ^a   Kredel, Markus ^a   Roewer, Norbert ^a   Brederlau, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Heinrich Braun Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Standard operating procedures; Trauma resuscitation; Trauma team performance; Whole body multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATOLOGY; WHOLE BODY CT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849097597     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283036ce6     Document Type: Article

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