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Comparing Rural Ground and Air Emergency Medical Services: A Level I Trauma Center's Experience.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22157533     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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We sought to compare differences in patients transported by ground and air emergency medical services directly from the scenes of their injuries to a rural level I trauma facility. Variables examined included age, gender, vital signs, Glasgow Coma Scale score, discharge location, length of stay, and survival metrics. Student t tests and odds ratios were used for analysis. Demographics and vital signs differed between trauma patients transported by air versus those transported by ground. Generally, length of stay was longer in air-transported patients, who also had poorer survival metrics with negligible risk of death. Significant differences exist in the markers of physiology such as vital signs, expected survival, and degree of injury.
Authors:
Friedrich Maximilian von Recklinghausen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1078-7496     ISO Abbreviation:  J Trauma Nurs     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9512997     Medline TA:  J Trauma Nurs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  241-5     Citation Subset:  N    
Affiliation:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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