Outcomes of blunt trauma victims transported by HEMS from rural and urban scenes

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-388

  McCowan, Christy L ^a   Swanson, Eric R ^a   Thomas, Frank ^a   Handrahan, Diana L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air medical transport; Blunt trauma; Out of hospital transport; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34848830768     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701536867     Document Type: Article

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