Missed Opportunities: Under-detection of Trauma in Elderly Adults Involved inMotor Vehicle Crashes

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Weber, Jenelle M ^a   Jablonski, Rita A ^a   Penrod, Janice ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Geriatric; Motor vehicle accidents; Motor vehicle crashes; Nursing; Older adults; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; NURSING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCY NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73649139268     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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