Guidelines for field triage of injured patients recommendations of the national expert panel on field triage, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue RR-1, 2012, Pages 1-23

  Sasser, Scott M ^a,b   Hunt, Richard C ^a   Faul, Mark ^a   Sugerman, David ^a,b   Pearson, William S ^a   Dulski, Theresa ^a   Wald, Marlena M ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   Newgard, Craig D ^d   Lerner, E Brooke ^e   Cooper, Arthur ^f   Wang, Stewart C ^g   Henry, Mark C ^h   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^b   Galli, Robert L ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862586469     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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