Association of Prehospital Mode of Transport With Mortality in Penetrating Trauma | Zendy

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Association of Prehospital Mode of Transport With Mortality in Penetrating Trauma

Author(s) -

Michael W. Wandling,

Avery B. Nathens,

Michael B. Shapiro,

Elliott R. Haut

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3601

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , emergency medical services , major trauma , population , penetrating trauma , injury severity score , medical emergency , poison control , injury prevention , surgery , environmental health , blunt

Time to definitive care following injury is important to the outcomes of trauma patients. Prehospital trauma care is provided based on policies developed by individual trauma systems and is an important component of the care of injured patients. Given a paucity of systems-level trauma research, considerable variability exists in prehospital care policies across trauma systems, potentially affecting patient outcomes.

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