Prehospital care and transportation of pediatric trauma patients

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 240-246

  Allen, Casey J ^a   Teisch, Laura F ^a   Meizoso, Jonathan P ^a   Ray, Juliet J ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Sola, Juan E ^a   Proctor, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ambulance; Children; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84930865360     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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