Open AccessEffect of private versus emergency medical systems transportation in motor vehicle accident victims: Trauma Center Experience in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Alshahrani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.197179
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , mann–whitney u test , revised trauma score , trauma center , exact test , injury severity score , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , statistical significance , injury prevention , poison control , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , medical emergency , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry
To assess the effect of the mode of transportation of trauma patients (emergency medical service [EMS] vs. non-EMS) on their final clinical outcome in terms of mortality and length of hospital stay.