Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , May 2010

The feasibility and utility of the aid to cardiac triage intervention to improve nurses' cardiac triage decisions

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 This study was funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation.

PII: S0147-9563(09)00206-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.08.004

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , May 2010

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