Characteristics of patients with an abnormal glasgow coma scale score in the prehospital setting

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Durant, Edward ^a   Sporer, Karl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered level of consciousness; Altered mental status; Emergency medical services standards; Emergency medical services utilization; Risk assessment; Traige

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051484707     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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