Physiologic field triage criteria for identifying seriously injured older adults

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-470

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Richardson, Derek ^a,b   Holmes, James F ^c   Rea, Thomas D ^d   Hsia, Renee Y ^b   Mann, N Clay ^e   Staudenmayer, Kristan ^f   Barton, Erik D ^g   Bulger, Eileen M ^h   Haukoos, Jason S ^i,j  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

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Author keywords

EMS; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84907202303     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.912707     Document Type: Article

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