Increased mortality associated with EMS transport of gunshot wound victims when compared to private vehicle transport

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1320-1326

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^e   Haider, Adil H ^a,b   Stevens, Kent A ^a   Ray Mazumder, Nik ^a   Kisat, Mehreen T ^f   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Chi, Albert ^a   Galvagno, Samuel M ^c   Cornwell, Edward E ^d   Efron, David T ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness research; Emergency medical services; Firearm injury; Gunshot wounds; Mortality; Pre hospital care; Pre hospital transport; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; AMBULANCE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUID THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; MAST SUIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; AUTOMOBILES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GRAVITY SUITS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84905459420     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.05.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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