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Hospital Practices and Research, 2018 Many years ago, clinicians worked in various fields of medicine, and they made the vast majority of medical judgments and procedures. Today, the increasing population and growth in medical sciences has resulted in the development of many new medical ...
Mohammad Javad Behzadnia
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Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2022 The review presents the results of foreign studies related to geospatial analysis and modeling of the distribution of trauma centers and helicopter emergency medical services in developed regional trauma systems.
Yu. G. Shapkin +2 more
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The impact of trauma-center care on mortality and function following pelvic ring and acetabular injuries [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Lower mortality and improved physical function following major polytrauma have been associated with treatment at level-1 trauma centers (TC) compared with that at non-trauma centers (NTC).
Jurkovich, G.J. (Gregory) +5 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016 Trauma is considered a “modern civilized sickness”, and its occurrence substantially affects all of society, as well as individuals. The implementation of trauma emergency systems in cities with young, prosperous, and highly mobile populations is ...
Yishu Zhu +5 more
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Recurrent violent injury: magnitude, risk factors, and opportunities for intervention from a statewide analysis. [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Although preventing recurrent violent injury is an important component of a public health approach to interpersonal violence and a common focus of violence intervention programs, the true incidence of recurrent violent injury is unknown ...
Crandall, Marie L. +5 more
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United States level I trauma centers are not created equal – a concern for patient safety?
Patient Safety in Surgery, 2008 Background The American College of Surgeons delineates 108 requirements for level I trauma centers. Some of these requirements include: minimum of 1,200 trauma admissions per year; an average of 35 major trauma patients per surgeon; residency training ...
Barrette-Grischow Mary-Kate +2 more
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Location of trauma care resources with inter-facility patient transfers
Operations Research Perspectives, 2021 Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is the leading cause of death among people aged 1–44. Regional trauma care systems can significantly reduce this mortality rate if resources are located and used appropriately.
Eric DuBois +2 more
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Patient Safety in Surgery, 2020 Introduction There is a lack of data on the use and effectiveness of pre-hospital pelvic circumferential compression devices (PCCD) as a temporary intervention for pelvic fracture management; they are thought to decrease pelvic volume and hemorrhage but ...
Stephanie Jarvis +8 more
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Attempting to validate the over/under triage matrix at a level I trauma center. [PDF]
, 2017 The Optimal Resources Document (ORD) mandates trauma activation based on injury mechanism, physiologic and anatomic criteria and recommends using the over/undertriage matrix (Matrix) to evaluate the appropriateness of trauma team activation.
Davis, James W +3 more
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Screening For Trauma In the Foster Care Community [PDF]
, 2019 Children within the foster care community experience health disparities on a variety of levels, from physical and mental health conditions, developmental delay, and impaired social interactions.
Blake, Catrina P +2 more
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