Helicopter transport of pediatric versus adult trauma patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-308

  Kotch, Stephen J ^a,b   Burgess, Brian E ^b,c  

^a Washington County Hospital   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency medical services; Helicopter; Injury severity; Pediatrics; Survival probability; Transport; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOPTER; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035989878     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938346     Document Type: Article

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