Accuracy of prehospital diagnosis and triage of a Swiss helicopter emergency medical service

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 709-715

  Hasler, Rebecca M ^a   Kehl, Christian ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a   Albrecht, Roland ^b   Dubler, Simon ^a   Greif, Robert ^a   Urwyler, Natalie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Rega Center   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS); prehospital emergency medicine; triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELICOPTER EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84865994109     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825c14b7     Document Type: Article

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