Systems of trauma care: a study of two counties

JG West, DD Trunkey, RC Lim - Archives of surgery, 1979 - jamanetwork.com
… The problem of the lack of prompt, definitive in-hospital care of the trauma patient is well … I
would like to encourage those studying the quality of care given the trauma patient to follow the …

Trauma care construction under the guidance of county-level trauma centers

PY Hu, XY Chen, XH Chen, YM Chen - Chinese journal of …, 2018 - mednexus.org
trauma patients with … county-level hospitals to set up their own trauma center for integrated
treatment, and it is also an urgent need for severe trauma patients at the county-level hospitals

Trauma mortality in Orange County: the effect of implementation of a regional trauma system

RH Cales - Annals of emergency medicine, 1984 - Elsevier
… to 100 patientspatients dying in hospitals reporting a single motor vehicular death in each
12month period, was used to ensure inclusion of hospitals with low volumes of trauma patients

Influence of a statewide trauma system on location of hospitalization and outcome of injured patients

RJ Mullins, J Veum-Stone, JR Hedges… - Journal of Trauma …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
hospital. An unknown number of rural trauma patients initially treated in Level III and IV
trauma centers appear in HDI as an admission to a tertiary trauma center. Another consideration …

Improved trauma care in a rural hospital after establishing a level II trauma center

WW Wenneker, DH Murray Jr, T Ledwich - The American journal of surgery, 1990 - Elsevier
… ISS of 45 for the 56 deaths in Group 2 compares favorably with Trunkey's results and
suggests that improvements have been made in the care of the trauma patient at our hospital. …

Evaluation of rural vs urban trauma patients served by 9-1-1 emergency medical services

CD Newgard, R Fu, E Bulger, JR Hedges… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
… for in major trauma centers vs 88.7% of urban patients. Overall mortality did … trauma patients
injured in rural areas were cared for outside of major trauma centers and most rural trauma

Outcome of hospitalized injured patients after institution of a trauma system in an urban area

RJ Mullins, J Veum-Stone, M Helfand… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Patients who died in trauma centers after institution of the trauma system were younger and
had more severe injuries, and the majority died within 1 day of admission, whereas patients

Factors associated with trauma center use for elderly patients with trauma: a statewide analysis, 1999-2008

RY Hsia, E Wang, O Saynina, P Wise… - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
… In our analysis of elderly trauma patients admitted to acute care hospitals, we have … to a
trauma center such that increasing age ominously decreases the likelihood of trauma center …

From roadside to bedside: the regionalization of trauma care in a remote rural county

DC Grossman, LG Hart, FP Rivara… - Journal of Trauma …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
… vehicle trauma patients before a formally regionalized trauma … this county were similar to the
expectations of a formal trauma … the insurance or socioeconomic status of the patient. Rural …

A prospective evaluation of field categorization of trauma patients

DJ Kreis Jr, EG FINE, GA GOmez, J Eckes… - Journal of Trauma …, 1988 - journals.lww.com
… field triage in 8,891 trauma patients transported to trauma centers in Dade County, Florida,
over a 1-year … A Trauma Score =12 was the most accurate predictor of severe injury. Of 669 …