Impact of prehospital mode of transport after severe injury: A multicenter evaluation from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Bulger, Eileen M ^a   Guffey, Danielle ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^b   MacDonald, Russell D ^c,d   Brasel, Karen ^e   Kerby, Jeffery D ^f   Minei, Joseph P ^g   Warden, Craig ^h   Rizoli, Sandro ^c   Morrison, Laurie J ^c   Nichol, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Ornge Transport Medicine   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air medical; Emergency medical services; Transport: hypovolemic shock; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862687892     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824baddf     Document Type: Article

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