Emergency triage, assessment and treatment at a district hospital in Malawi

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 924-925

  Harrison, Hooi Ling ^a   Raghunath, Nigel ^b   Twomey, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOUTH AFRICAN TRIAGE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868142957     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200472     Document Type: Article

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