The study protocol for the Head Injury Retrieval Trial (HIRT): A single centre randomised controlled trial of physician prehospital management of severe blunt head injury compared with management by paramedics

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Garner, Alan A ^a   Fearnside, Michael ^b   Gebski, Val ^c  

^a NRMA CareFlight   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Intubation; Paramedic; Physician; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84884180005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-69     Document Type: Article

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