Helicopter emergency medical services for adults with major trauma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Galvagno, Samuel M ^a   Thomas, Stephen ^b   Stephens, Christopher ^c   Haut, Elliott R ^d   Hirshon, Jon M ^c   Floccare, Douglas ^e   Pronovost, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMA RELATED INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880048931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009228.pub2     Document Type: Review

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