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Triage, treat and transfer: reconceptualising a rural practice model.

Elise E Sullivan, Karen K Francis, and Desley D Hegney

J Clin Nurs 19(11-12):1625-34 (2010) PMID 20579202

This article argues that the current model of emergency practice in rural Victorian hospitals, which relies heavily on visiting medical officers, needs to be reconceptualised if emergency services are to be supplied to rural communities.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03073.x
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