Evaluation of a tiered trauma call system in a level 1 trauma centre

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Curtis, Kate ^a,b,c   Olivier, Jake ^b   Mitchell, Rebecca ^b   Cook, Anthony ^d   Rankin, Tiffany ^a   Rana, Amit ^a   Watson, Wendy Lynne ^b   Nau, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d South East Sydney Illawarra Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Patient outcomes; Trauma; Trauma team; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY; TIERED TRAUMA CALL SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650216218     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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