Wherever the dart lands: Toward the ideal trauma system

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Eastman, A Brent ^a  

^a SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; GEOGRAPHY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955526238     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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