Advanced Trauma Life Support certified physicians in a non trauma system setting: Is it enough?

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-184

  Drimousis, Panagiotis G ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a   Stergiopoulos, Spiros ^b   Delicha, Eumorfia M ^c   Giannopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Larentzakis, Antreas ^a   Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ATLS; Non trauma system setting; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERAL SURGERY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SURGEON;

CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78751585176     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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