Emergency Medical Services Intervals and Survival in Trauma: Assessment of the "Golden Hour" in a North American Prospective Cohort

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Schmicker, Robert H ^b   Hedges, Jerris R ^d   Trickett, John P ^e   Davis, Daniel P ^f   Bulger, Eileen M ^c   Aufderheide, Tom P ^g   Minei, Joseph P ^h   Hata, J Steven ⁱ   Gubler, K Dean ^j   Brown, Todd B ^k   Yelle, Jean Denis ^e   Bardarson, Berit ^b   Nichol, Graham ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j Legacy Emanuel Trauma Program   (United States)

^k University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 76549104889     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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