Paediatric and adolescent trauma care within an integrated trauma system

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2006-2011

  Deasy, Conor ^a,c   Gabbe, Belinda ^a   Palmer, Cameron ^b   Babl, Franz E ^b   Bevan, Catherine ^b   Crameri, Joe ^b   Butt, Warwick ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Mark ^c   Judson, Rodney ^d   Cameron, Peter ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury patterns; Mechanisms of injury; Paediatric; Prehospital; Prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84868215298     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.08.032     Document Type: Article

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