Trauma center levelOutcomesComparative assessmentRisk adjustmentBackground Ground-level falls (GLFs) are the predominant mechanism of injury in US trauma centers and accompany a spectrum of comorbidities, injury severity, and physiologic derangement. Trauma center levels define tiers of capability to treat...
In primary analyses, we defined a trauma desert (ie, low geographic access) as a travel distance of more than 8.0 km based on trauma desert criteria published by Crandall and colleagues.5 Travel distance was calculated from each census tract population center to the nearest adult level I or ...
In the few states that do not formally classify trauma centers into levels, the lead agency was asked to provide a best approximation of the level of each center as defined by ACS/COT criteria. Hospital Characteristics Organizational characteristics and available services of the hospital in which ...
Center For Trauma, Assessment, Intervention Services, and Treatment: The purpose of our Center is to provide national expertise on interventions for the developmental effects of trauma across child-serving settings, including child welfare, behavioral health, educational and juvenile justice settings. ...
SCIhas similar causes as TBI, and is usually due to traumas sustained by physical impacts including road traffic accidents, falls as well as contact sports. In 2016 the National SCI Statistical Center reported a total of 282,000 patients living with SCI in the United States, alone. Similar ...
Rather, the majority of deaths occur either at the scene or within the first four hours after the patient reaches a trauma center [23,24]. The "golden hour" concept, which emphasized the increased risk of death and the need for rapid intervention during the first hour of care following ...
Adverse life events (e.g., severe accidents, violence/abuse, organic disorders) can elicit traumatic responses characterized by intrusive thoughts, hyperarousal, and avoidance—highlighting the need for sound assessment tools. Also, these traumatic compo
An interdisciplinary team conceptualized two scenarios and filmed these in the trauma room of the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany in 3D-360°. This video content was used to create an immersive VR experience. Participants of the Department of Anesthesiology were included in the study, quest...
trauma center, and only 32.8% of the images had acute trauma-related findings. Among all cases, 82 (4.3%) were defined as difficult cases, and 9 (0.5%) were considered misdiagnoses. Figure2demonstrates the universal trauma finding detection performance of PelviXNet. The AUROC of classifying ...
Computed tomography rates and estimated radiation-associated cancer risk among injured children treated at different trauma center types. Injury. 2019;50(1):142-148. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2018.09.036PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 49. Vassallo J, Webster M, Barnard EBG, Lyttle MD...