Prehospital treatment guidelines in severe traumatic brain injury: What really happens outside the hospital?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-

  Franschman, Gaby ^a   Greuters, Sjoerd ^a   Loer, Stephan A ^a   Boer, Christa ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INJURY SEVERITY; LETTER; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URBAN AREA;

BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 74249121672     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.004     Document Type: Letter

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