The role of trauma scoring in developing trauma clinical governance in the Defence Medical Services

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1562, 2011, Pages 171-191

  Russell, R J ^a   Hodgetts, T J ^a   McLeod, J ^b   Starkey, K ^c   Mahoney, P ^d   Harrison, K ^e   Bell, E ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Air Force Centre for Aviation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Military Anaesthesia and Critical Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Defence Analysis and Statistical Assistance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A severity characterization of trauma; Clinical governance; Complex system; Trauma; Trauma scoring; TRISS

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONALISM; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79251498326     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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