Erratum: Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma (JAMA (2012) 307: 15 (1602-1610) DOI:10.1001/jama.2012.467);Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1602-1610

  Galvagno, Samuel M ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^b,c   Zafar, S Nabeel ^e   Millin, Michael G ^b   Efron, David T ^b   Koenig, George J ^f   Baker, Susan P ^d   Bowman, Stephen M ^d   Pronovost, Peter J ^b,d   Haider, Adil H ^b,d  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART RATE; HELICOPTER; HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84859840854     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.8652     Document Type: Erratum

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