Does injury pattern among major road trauma patients influence prehospital transport decisions regardless of the distance to the nearest trauma centre? – a retrospective study

Does injury pattern among major road trauma patients influence prehospital transport decisions regardless of the distance to the nearest trauma centre? – a retrospective study

Abstract Background Prehospital undertriage occurs when the required level of care for a major trauma patient is underestimated and the patient is transported to a lower-level emergency care facility. One possible reason is that the pattern of injuries exceeding a certain severity threshold is not e...

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Main Authors: Helen Fagerlind, Lara Harvey, Stefan Candefjord, Johan Davidsson, Julie Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Major trauma
Undertriage
Injury pattern
Trauma system
Road traffic injury
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-019-0593-7

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