Effect of predicted travel time to trauma care on mortality in major trauma patients in Nova Scotia | Zendy

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Effect of predicted travel time to trauma care on mortality in major trauma patients in Nova Scotia

Author(s) -

Gavin Tansley,

Nadine Schuurman,

Matthew Bowes,

Mete Erdogan,

Robert S. Green,

Mark Asbridge,

Natalie Yanchar

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.004218

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , emergency medicine , logistic regression , nova scotia , injury prevention , major trauma , population , poison control , demography , occupational safety and health , injury severity score , medical emergency , environmental health , archaeology , pathology , sociology , history

Trauma is a leading contributor to the burden of disease in Canada, accounting for more than 15 000 deaths annually. Although caring for injured patients at designated trauma centres (TCs) is consistently associated with survival benefits, it is unclear how travel time to definitive care influences outcomes. Using a population-based sample of trauma patients, we studied the association between predicted travel time (PTT) to TCs and mortality for patients assigned to ground transport.

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