Does START Triage Work? The Answer is Clear!

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-580

  Navin, D Michael ^a   Sacco, William J ^a   McCord, Thomas B ^a  

^a Thinksharp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRIAGE;

EID: 77952302677     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.031     Document Type: Letter

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