Guidelines for field triage of injuried patients

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-76

  McCoy, Eric ^a   Chakravarthy, Bharath ^a   Lotfpour, Shahram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874058255     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.1.15981     Document Type: Review

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