International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 158-165 , July 2010

Thoracic and neck trauma. Part three

  • Caesar Ursic, MD (Trauma Surgeon)

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Kate Curtis, RN, PhD (Clin. A/Prof)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney, Clinical Nurse Consultant Trauma, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +612 91133499/2686; fax: +612 91133974.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.11.012

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 158-165 , July 2010

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