Trauma reception and resuscitation in Sri Lanka: The Health for the South Capacity-Building project: International Emergency Medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  O'Reilly, Gerard ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,b   Ariyananda, Pilane L ^e   Jayasekera, Krishantha ^e   Williams, Sue ^c   Charlton, Sally ^a   Young, Simon ^d   Santeloudi, Nicholas ^a   Wilson, Kylie ^a   Stevens, Jeremy ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Government of Victoria   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Teaching Hospital Karapitiya   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Developing country; Disaster; Emergency medicine; Sri Lanka; Trauma resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SRI LANKA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SRI LANKA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65349135348     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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