The performance limits of traditional triage

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-144

  Welch, Shari J ^a   Davidson, Steven J ^b  

^a Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT SURVEY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 79960708212     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.04.017     Document Type: Editorial

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