Injury severity and pattern at the scene. What is the influence of the mechanism of injury?;Verletzungsschwere und-muster am unfallort: Welchen einfluss hat der unfallmechanismus?

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 360-365

  Frink, M ^a   Zeckey, C ^a   Haasper, C ^a   Krettek, C ^a   Hildebrand, F ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident mechanism; Injury pattern; Injury severity; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GERMANY; HUMANS; TELEMETRY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955226810     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-010-1776-x     Document Type: Article

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