Evaluation of the impact of implementing the emergency medical services traumatic brain injury guidelines in Arizona: The Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care (EPIC) study methodology

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 818-830

  Spaite, Daniel W ^a   Bobrow, Bentley J ^a,c,d   Stolz, Uwe ^a   Sherrill, Duane ^e   Chikani, Vatsal ^a,c   Barnhart, Bruce ^a   Sotelo, Michael ^a   Gaither, Joshua B ^a   Viscusi, Chad ^a   Adelson, P David ^b   Denninghoff, Kurt R ^a  

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

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA AND INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARIZONA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOVENTILATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905620829     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12411     Document Type: Article

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