The impact of aeromedical response to patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,b,i   Peay, Jeremy ^c   Serrano, Jennifer A ^a   Buono, Colleen ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a   Sise, Michael J ^d   Kennedy, Frank ^e   Eastman, A Brent ^f   Velky, Thomas ^g   Hoyt, David B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mercy Air Medical Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Palomar Hospital   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

ⁱ San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTUBATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844438550     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.024     Document Type: Article

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