Comparison of the 1999 and 2006 trauma triage guidelines: Where do patients go

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Lerner, E Brooke ^a   Shah, Manish N ^b   Swor, Robert A ^c   Cushman, Jeremy T ^b   Guse, Clare E ^a   Brasel, Karen ^a   Blatt, Alan ^d   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CUBRC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

decision scheme; emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; triage; wounds and injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649518375     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.519819     Document Type: Article

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