Trauma in elderly people: access to the health system through pre-hospital care

Objective: to identify the prevalence of trauma in elderly people and how they accessed the health system through pre-hospital care. Method: documentary and retrospective study at a mobile emergency care service, using a sample of 400 elderly trauma victims selected through systematic random sampli...

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Main Authors: Hilderjane Carla da Silva, Renata de Lima Pessoa, Rejane Maria Paiva de Menezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100321&lng=en&tlng=en