Helicopter transport and blunt trauma mortality: a multicenter trial

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 136-145

  Thomas, Stephen H ^a   Harrison, Timothy H ^a   Buras, Wende Reenstra ^a   Ahmed, Waleed ^b   Cheema, Farah ^b   Wedel, Suzanne K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Helicopter EMS; Helicopter transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036156160     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200201000-00023     Document Type: Article

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