Evaluation of the prehospital index, presence of highvelocity impact and judgment of emergency medical technicians as criteria for trauma triage

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Lavoie, Andre ^a,b   Émond, Marcel ^a,b   Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Camden, Stéphanie ^a   Liberman, Moishe ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical system; Emergency medical technician; Injury severity; Prehospital; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; ROC CURVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77957744260     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012136     Document Type: Article

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