Pre-hospital triage performance after standardized trauma courses
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Pre-hospital triage performance after standardized trauma courses
BACKGROUND The pre-hospital triage process aims at identifying and prioritizing patients in the need of prompt intervention and/or evacuation. The objective of the present study was to evaluate triage decision skills in a Mass Casualty Incident drill. The study compares two groups of participants in Advanced Trauma Life Support and Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support courses. METHODS A questionn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0395-8