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The resuscitation of the severely injured in the accident and emergency department--a medical audit.
- C H Dearden and W H Rutherford.
- Injury. 1985 Jan 1; 16 (4): 249-52.
AbstractAn audit of the medical care of the severely injured was conducted in the Accident and Emergency Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Over a 6-month period the management of all patients admitted with an Injury Severity Score of 16 or over was critically assessed. Errors of management which occurred in 21 of the 36 patients are discussed. They were mainly related to the fact that 78 per cent of the patients arrived outside normal office hours when only inexperienced junior doctors staffed the department. The findings have drawn our attention to the need for both altering staffing arrangements and improving training in our department.
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