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Comparison of the 1999 and 2006 Trauma Triage Guidelines: Where Do Patients Go??

E. Brooke Lerner Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.Correspondence[email protected]
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Manish N. Shah Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Robert A. Swor Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Jeremy T. Cushman Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Clare E. Guse Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Karen Brasel Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Alan Blatt Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Gregory J. Jurkovich Department of Emergency Medicine (EBL); Department of Family and Community Medicine (CEG); Department of Surgery(KB), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Emergency Medicine (MNS, JTC), the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine (RAS), Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine; Royal Oak, Michigan; CUBRC (AB), Buffalo, New York; and Department of Surgery(GJJ), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
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Pages 12-17 | Received 02 Apr 2010, Accepted 07 May 2010, Published online: 16 Feb 2011

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