Trauma triage in the emergency departments of nontrauma centers
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Triage in Norwegian emergency departments.
BACKGROUND An increasing number of patients and stricter requirements for quality and efficiency in the management of emergency patients have spurred several Norwegian emergency departments (EDs) to introduce triage as one of several measures. This introduction has taken place without any accompanying research. We therefore wanted to investigate the use and organisation of triage, as well as th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2163-0755
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31828c3f75