A multisite assessment of the American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma field triage decision scheme for identifying seriously injured children and adults

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-721

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Zive, Dana ^a   Holmes, James F ^c   Bulger, Eileen M ^d   Staudenmayer, Kristan ^f   Liao, Michael ^g,h   Rea, Thomas ^e   Hsia, Renee Y ⁱ   Wang, N Ewen ^f   Fleischman, Ross ^a   Jui, Jonathan ^a   Mann, N Clay ^j   Haukoos, Jason S ^g,h   Sporer, Karl A ⁱ   Gubler, K Dean ^b   Hedges, Jerris R ^k  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Legacy Emanuel Trauma Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Score; ACSCOT; AIS; American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; emergency medical services; EMS; Injury Severity Score; ISS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIELD TRIAGE DECISION SCHEME; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855169567     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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