Staying home but not out of trouble: no reduction in presentations to the South Australian paediatric major trauma service despite the COVID-19 pandemic
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Nicole Williams BMedSc(Hons), BMed
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJackie Winters RN
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Cooksey MBBS
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Nicole Williams BMedSc(Hons), BMed
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJackie Winters RN
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Cooksey MBBS
Paediatric Major Trauma Service, Division of Surgical Services, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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