Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma | Zendy

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Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma

Author(s) -

Samuel M. Galvagno,

Elliott R. Haut,

Syed Nabeel Zafar,

Michael G. Millin,

David T. Efron,

George Koenig,

Susan P. Baker,

Stephen M. Bowman,

Peter J. Pronovost,

Adil H. Haider

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.467

Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , injury severity score , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , penetrating trauma , emergency department , odds , cohort , injury prevention , poison control , revised trauma score , medical emergency , blunt , logistic regression , surgery , psychiatry

Helicopter emergency medical services and their possible effect on outcomes for traumatically injured patients remain a subject of debate. Because helicopter services are a limited and expensive resource, a methodologically rigorous investigation of its effectiveness compared with ground emergency medical services is warranted.

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