The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 5 , Pages 630-635 , May 2007

Trauma team activation: simplified criteria safely reduces overtriage

Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the North Pacific Surgical Association, Spokane, WA, November 10–11, 2006

Received 6 December 2006 ,Revised 21 January 2007

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 This manuscript represents the opinions of the authors only, and does not represent the views of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or Madigan Army Medical Center.

PII: S0002-9610(07)00101-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.017

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 5 , Pages 630-635 , May 2007

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