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Guidelines for trauma quality improvement programmes / World Health Organization ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- World Health Organization.
- Series:
- Nonserial Publications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Traumatology.
- Emergency medical services--Standards.
- Emergency medical services.
- Wounds and Injuries--prevention & control.
- Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
- Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
- Emergency Medical Services--organization & administration.
- Emergency Medical Services--standards.
- Medical Subjects:
- Wounds and Injuries--prevention & control.
- Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
- Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
- Emergency Medical Services--organization & administration.
- Emergency Medical Services--standards.
- Traumatology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In order to promote greater implementation of effective, affordable and sustainable trauma systems globally, the World Health Organization and the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care have worked collaboratively to produce these guidelines on trauma quality improvement. The response to the growing problem of injury needs to include the improvement of care of the injured. Quality improvement (QI) programmes offer an affordable and sustainable means to implement such improvements. These programmes enable health care institutions to better monitor trauma care services,
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview of quality improvement; 3. Benefits of quality improvement programmes; 4. Techniques of trauma quality improvement; 5. Overlap of these guidelines with other activities; References; Annexes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-67).
- ISBN:
- 9789240687721
- 9240687726
- 9789240684645
- 9240684646
- OCLC:
- 655755300
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