The pre-hospital epidemiology and management of spinal cord injuries in New South Wales: 2004-2008

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Middleton, P M ^a   Davies, S R ^a   Anand, S ^a   Reinten Reynolds, T ^a   Marial, O ^b   Middleton, J W ^b  

^a Ambulance Research Institute   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Epidemiology; Prehospital care; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VITAL SIGN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859161956     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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