Eight minutes or less: Does the ambulance response time guideline impact trauma patient outcome?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Pons, Peter T ^a,b   Markovchick, Vincent J ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance response time; EMS; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036590711     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00460-2     Document Type: Article

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