EMS Versus Civilian Transportation of Severely Injured Patients

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• Alternative Title:
  Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vs Non-EMS Transport of Critically Injured Patients: A Prospective Evaluation
• Creators:
  Cornwell, E. E. ; Hennigan, K. ; Maxson, C. ; Berne, T. ; Belzberg, H. ; Demetriades, D. ; Chan, L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ; University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Critical Care and the Social Science Research Institute ; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency medical services
  • Air ambulance services
  • Passenger transportation
  • Crash injuries
  • Injuries
  • Penetrating injuries
  • Accident survival time
  • Ambulances
  • Automobiles
  • Deaths
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  California ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  A previous report of 5782 trauma patients demonstrated higher mortality among those transported by EMS than among their non-EMS transported counterparts. This study was performed to test the hypothesis that the two groups differed in the injury-to-hospital arrival time interval.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R49-CCR911730-01
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15327/dot_15327_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 742.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:48281a9689294b523ba1c3ffd800052b6ca3b52f236f9238a09df9433703b20da28d15cf3706643ad7c5f13a5ee4a0003968673540cdebf148d698a8037e5438