Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1638-1650

  Kortbeek, John B ^a,ao   Al Turki, Saud A ^e   Ali, Jameel ^b   Antoine, Jill A ^f   Bouillon, Bertil ^h   Brasel, Karen ⁱ   Brenneman, Fred ^c   Brink, Peter R ^j   Brohi, Karim ^m   Burris, David ^o   Burton, Reginald A ^p   Chapleau, Will ^q   Cioffi, Wiliam ^s   Collet E Silva, Francisco De Salles ^t   Cooper, Art ^u   Cortes, Jaime A ^v   Eskesen, Vagn ^aw   Fildes, John ^w   Gautam, Subash ^x   Gruen, Russell L ^y   Gross, Ron ^aa   Hansen, K S ^ab   Henny, Walter ^k   Hollands, Michael J ^z   Hunt, Richard C ^ac   Jover Navalon, Jose M ^ae   Kaufmann, Christoph R ^af   Knudson, Peggy ^g   Koestner, Amy ^ag   Kosir, Roman ^ah   Larsen, Claus Falck ^ai   Livaudais, West ^ai,aj   Luchette, Fred ^r   Mao, Patrizio ^ak   McVicker, John H ^al   Meredith, Jay Wayne ^am   Mock, Charles ^aq   Mori, Newton Djin ^t   Morrow, Charles ^ar   Parks, Steven N ^f,an   Pereira, Pedro Moniz ^ak,ao,as   Pogetti, Renato Sergio ^t   Ravn, Jesper ^ai,ap   Rhee, Peter ^at   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^ad   Schipper, Inger B ^l   Schoettker, Patrick ^au   Schreiber, Martin A ^af   Smith, R Stephen ^av   Svendsen, Lars Bo ^ai   Taha, Wa'el ^e   Van Wijngaarden Stephens, Mary ^d   Varga, Endre ^aw   Voiglio, Eric J ^aw   Williams, Daryl ^y   Winchell, Robert J ^au   Winter, Robert ⁿ   more..

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k ATLS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^p Ryan LGH Medical Center   (United States)

^q AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^r LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^s RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^u Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^v UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^w UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^x Fujairah Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^z WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aa HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ab HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^ac EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^af OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag Boergess Medical Center   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^aj Washington Medical Center   (United States)

^ak SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^al Colorado Neurological Institute Swedish Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^am WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ao Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^ap HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ar LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^as UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^au CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^av MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^aw FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Emergency treatment standards ; Life support care; Resuscitation education ; Traumatology education ; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

COURSE CONTENT; DISASTER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; TRAUMATOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650320745     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181744b03     Document Type: Review

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