The association between air ambulance distribution and trauma mortality

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1147-1153

  Rhinehart, Zachary J ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^b   Sperry, Jason L ^a   Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Murdock, Alan ^a   Alarcon, Louis H ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Air transportation; Emergency helicopter; Regionalization; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879089576     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31827ee6b0     Document Type: Article

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