Helicopter and ground emergency medical services transportation to hospital after major trauma in England: a comparative cohort study
| Autor: | Tim Coats, Keith Willett, Omar Bouamra, David Lockey, Oliver Beaumont, Dhushy Surendra Kumar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2020-0005 2397-5776 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000508 |
| Popis: | Background The utilization of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in modern trauma systems has been a source of debate for many years. This study set to establish the true impact of HEMS in England on survival for patients with major trauma.Methods A comparative cohort design using prospectively recorded data from the UK Trauma Audit and Research Network registry. 279 107 patients were identified between January 2012 and March 2017. The primary outcome measure was risk adjusted in-hospital mortality within propensity score matched cohorts using logistic regression analysis. Subset analyses were performed for subjects with prehospital Glasgow Coma Scale 29 and systolic blood pressure |
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