Triage of pediatric injuries after the 2008 Wen-Chuan earthquake in China

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2273-2277

  Xiang, Bo ^a   Cheng, Wei ^b   Liu, Juxian ^a   Huang, Lugang ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Liu, Lijun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Surgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Disaster management; Earthquake; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHINA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX INJURY;

CHILD; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71949087275     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.07.068     Document Type: Article

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