The golden hour in trauma: Dogma or medical folklore?

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 525-527

  Rogers, Frederick B ^a   Rittenhouse, Katelyn J ^a   Gross, Brian W ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMA SURGEON; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; TIME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84925004749     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.08.043     Document Type: Editorial

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