Application of a new resource-constrained Triage method to military-age victims

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1247-1255

  Navin, D Michael ^a   Sacco, William J ^a   McGili, Gill ^a  

^a Thinksharp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77449119842     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-04-1608     Document Type: Article

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