Level I trauma centers boost head injury survivaltext editorEmerging Infectious Diseases
Interfacility transfer of undertriaged patients to higher-level trauma centers has been found to result in a delay of appropriate care and an increase in mortality. To address this, for the last 10 years our region has used 911 emergency medical services (EMS) paramedics for rapid re-triage ...
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The purpose of this survey was to assess the hazmat readiness of US Level 1 trauma centers (TCs). All 1996 Hospital Blue Book TCs (256) were queried by anonymous survey; 61% (156) responded to the survey. The TCs treated 43,046 +/- 28,455 patients (median, 40,500; range, 600 to...
Secondly, this study was conducted in a single level 1 trauma center, which may limit the generalizability of our findings to other healthcare facilities. Trauma management practices and patient characteristics may vary across centers, which could impact the post-traumatic trajectories of elderly patien...
We reviewed trauma registry data (2004-06) from a Level 1 trauma center to describe the epidemiology of injury. There were 5,900 trauma patients. Most admissions were among white men, age 20-29 years (mean age = 48 years). Most admissions occurred in the summer, on Saturday and Sunday ...
Henceforth, establishment of regionalized, efficient, and focused trauma centers in various parts of the country particularly for acute trauma should be emphasized. Also, the laws regarding the precautions such as seat belts, speed limits, and traffic rules must be observed strictly to reduce the ...
Trends in 1029 trauma deaths at a level 1 trauma center: Impact of a bleeding control bundle of care Over the last decade the age of trauma patients and injury mortality has increased. At the same time, many centers have implemented multiple interventions ... BT Oyeniyi,EE Fox,M Scerbo,....
Conclusions We report that LI trauma center BT patients had an increased hospital and ICU LOS compared with those at LII centers. However, there was no significant difference in mortality between patients cared for at LI and LII trauma centers in risk-adjusted models. 展开 关键词: Burn Trauma ...
来自 Sage 喜欢 0 阅读量: 1 作者: Matthew A. Heard,Sheree Bray,Allen Archer,Payton C. O'Quinn,Hannah Wheeler,Matthew Leonard,J. Bracken Burns 展开 摘要: The aim was to determine the impact of consolidation of two rural level 1 trauma centers on adult trauma patients presenting to the ...