Out-of-hospital decision making and factors influencing the regional distribution of injured patients in a trauma system

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1345-1353

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Nelson, Maria J ^a   Kampp, Michael ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b   Zive, Dana ^a   Schmidt, Terri ^a,c   Daya, Mohamud ^a,d   Jui, Jonathan ^a,e   Wittwer, Lynn ^f   Warden, Craig ^a,g   Sahni, Ritu ^a,h   Stevens, Mark ^d   Gorman, Kyle ^g   Koenig, Karl ^g   Gubler, Dean ⁱ   Rosteck, Pontine ^j   Lee, Jan ^k   Hedges, Jerris R ^l  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Clackamas County American Medical Response   (United States)

^d Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue   (United States)

^e MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f Clark County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^g Clackamas County Fire District #1 ^*  (United States)

^h OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ LEGACY EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j American Medical Response Northwest   (United States)

^k Metrowest Ambulance   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cognitive reasoning; Emergency medical services; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL CARE; INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OREGON; POPULATION DENSITY; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79958826775     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182191a1b     Document Type: Article

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