Trauma systems and early management of severe injuries in Scandinavia: Review of the current state

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 444-452

  Kristiansen, Thomas ^a,d   Søreide, Kjetil ^b,c   Ringdal, Kjetil G ^a,d   Rehn, Marius ^a,d   Krüger, Andreas J ^a,e   Reite, Andreas ^b   Meling, Terje ^b   Næss, Pål Aksel ^d   Lossius, Hans Morten ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine systems; Injury management; Pre hospital care; Scandinavia; Transfer; Trauma registry; Trauma surgery; Trauma system; Triage

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; BURN; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; STAFF TRAINING; SURVIVAL; TEAMWORK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77950020344     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.027     Document Type: Review

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