Analysis of preventable trauma deaths and opportunities for trauma care improvement in Utah

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 970-977

  Sanddal, Teri L ^a   Esposito, Thomas J ^b   Whitney, Jolene R ^c   Hartford, Diane ^c   Taillac, Peter P ^c   Mann, N Clay ^d   Sanddal, Nels D ^a  

^a Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaths; Medical errors; Mortality; Outcome assessment; Preventable mortality; Preventable trauma death; Prevention; Quality assessment; Rural; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRWAY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; STAB WOUND; SURGICAL ERROR; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WARD;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955000180     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fec9ba     Document Type: Article

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