An evaluation of the use of a two-tiered trauma team activation system in a UK major trauma centre

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 364-367

  Jenkins, P ^a   Rogers, J ^b   Kehoe, A ^b   Smith, J E ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d 7 9 Bream's Buildings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRAUMA TEAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FALLING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL TRAUMA TEAM; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHOLE BODY CT; X RAY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929133083     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203402     Document Type: Article

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