Triage during the week of the Sichuan earthquake: A review of utilized patient triage, care, and disposition procedures

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 515-520

  Nie, Hu ^a   Tang, Shi Yuan ^a   Lau, Wayne Bond ^b   Zhang, Jian Cheng ^a   Jiang, Yao Wen ^a   Lopez, Bernard L ^b   Ma, Xin L ^b   Cao, Yu ^a   Christopher, Theodore A ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Earthquake; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CODING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956627998     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.01.113     Document Type: Article

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