Open AccessAn Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial examining prehospital procedures in penetrating trauma patients
Author(s) -
Sharven Taghavi,
Zoë Maher,
Amy J. Goldberg,
Grace Chang,
Michelle Mendiola,
Christofer Anderson,
Scott Ninokawa,
Leah C. Tatebe,
Patrick Maluso,
Shariq S. Raza,
Jane Keating,
Sigrid Burruss,
Matthew E. Reeves,
Lauren Coleman,
David V. Shatz,
Anna GoldenbergSandau,
Apoorva Bhupathi,
M Chance Spalding,
Aimee LaRiccia,
Emily Bird,
Matthew R Noorbakhsh,
James Babowice,
Marsha C Nelson,
Lewis E. Jacobson,
Jamie Williams,
Michael A. Vella,
Kate Dellonte,
Thomas Z. Hayward,
Emma Holler,
Mark Lieser,
John D. Berne,
Dalier R. Mederos,
Reza Askari,
Barbara U. Okafor,
Elliott R. Haut,
Eric Etchill,
Raymond Fang,
Samantha L. Roche,
Laura Whittenburg,
Andrew C. Bernard,
James M. Haan,
Kelly Lightwine,
Scott Norwood,
Jason Murry,
Mark Gamber,
Matthew M. Carrick,
Nikolay Bugaev,
Antony Tatar,
Juan Duchesne,
Danielle Tatum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000003151
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , penetrating trauma , confidence interval , trauma center , emergency medical services , injury severity score , observational study , emergency medicine , gunshot wound , poison control , major trauma , injury prevention , emergency department , surgery , retrospective cohort study , psychiatry , blunt
Prehospital procedures (PHP) by emergency medical services (EMS) are performed regularly in penetrating trauma patients despite previous studies demonstrating no benefit. We sought to examine the influence of PHPs on outcomes in penetrating trauma patients in urban locations where transport to trauma center is not prolonged. We hypothesized that patients without PHPs would have better outcomes than those undergoing PHP.