Helicopters improve survival in seriously injured patients requiring interfacility transfer for definitive care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-314

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Stassen, Nicole A ^a   Bankey, Paul E ^a   Sangosanya, Ayodele T ^a   Cheng, Julius D ^a   Gestring, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter; Injury severity; Interfacility transfer; National Trauma Databank; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR AMBULANCES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951648498     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182032b4f     Document Type: Article

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