The National Trauma Triage Protocol: Can this tool predict which patients with trauma will benefit from helicopter transport?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-325

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Stassen, Nicole A ^b   Gestring, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

helicopter use; National Trauma Data Bank; National Trauma Triage Protocol; trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864575207     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182572bee     Document Type: Article

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