Emergency medical services out-of-hospital scene and transport times and their association with mortality in trauma patients presenting to an urban level i trauma center

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-174

  McCoy, C Eric ^a   Menchine, Michael ^a   Sampson, Sehra ^a   Anderson, Craig ^a   Kahn, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME TO TREATMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84872620540     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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