Open AccessModelling transport time to trauma centres and 30-day mortality in road accidents in Switzerland: an exploratory study
Author(s) -
Raphael Victor Diserens,
Clotilde Marmy,
Mathieu Pasquier,
Tobias Zingg,
Stéphane Joost,
Olivier Hügli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2021.w30007
Subject(s) - medicine , trauma centre , demography , major trauma , geolocation , travel time , road traffic accident , road accident , medical emergency , emergency medicine , road traffic , transport engineering , sociology , world wide web , computer science , engineering
Rapid access to a trauma centre for severely injured road accident victims, conceptualised as the Golden Hour, links access time to definitive treatment within 1 hour of trauma with reduced risks of morbidity and mortality. Access times have not been studied in Switzerland. The aim of this work was to model the transport time by ambulance of seriously injured road traffic accident victims to one of the 12 trauma centres in Switzerland and to investigate whether this time influenced mortality.