Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS): Impact on On-Scene Times
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Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS): impact on on-scene times.
BACKGROUND This study compared prehospital on-scene times (OSTs) for patients treated by nurse-staffed emergency medical services (EMS) with OST for patients treated by a combination of EMS and physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). A secondary aim was to investigate the relationship between length of OST and mortality. METHODS All trauma patients treated in the prior...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-5282
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000240449.23201.57