Prehospital trauma life support training of ambulance caregivers and the outcomes of traffic-injury victims in Sweden

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1010-1019.e2

  Blomberg, Hans ^a   Svennblad, Bodil ^a   Michaelsson, Karl ^a   Byberg, Liisa ^a   Johansson, Jakob ^a   Gedeborg, Rolf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; hazard ratio; HR; ICISS; International Classification of Disease Injury Severity Score; odds ratio; OR; PHTLS; Prehospital Trauma Life Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CYCLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDESTRIAN; PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN TO WORK; RISK; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84887996043     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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