Police transport versus ground EMS: A trauma system-level evaluation of prehospital care policies and their effect on clinical outcomes

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 931-935

  Wandling, Michael W ^a,b   Nathens, Avery B ^c   Shapiro, Michael B ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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

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

Author keywords

penetrating trauma; Prehospital transport; trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAB WOUND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84983086717     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001228     Document Type: Article

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