The impact of shorter prehospital transport times on outcomes in patients with abdominal vascular injuries

Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ball, Chad G ^a,e   Williams, Brian H ^b   Tallah, Clarisse ^c   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^c   Feliciano, David V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal vascular; Injuries; Prehospital; Time; Transport; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890542207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17522897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-2897-7-11     Document Type: Article

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