Impact of emergency medical helicopter transport directly to a university hospital trauma center on mortality of severe blunt trauma patients until discharge

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Desmettre, Thibaut ^a   Yeguiayan, Jean Michel ^b   Coadou, Hervé ^c   Jacquot, Claude ^d   Raux, Mathieu ^e   Vivien, Benoit ^f   Martin, Claude ^g   Bonithon Kopp, Claire ^h   Freysz, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Helicopter transport; Mortality; Pre hospital care; Severe trauma patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84867927769     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11647     Document Type: Article

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