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Comparison of Deaths, Clinical Status and Duration of Helicopter or Ambulance Transport Following Motor Vehicle Accidents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Colin F. Mackenzie ,
Baekhyo Shin  and
R. Adams Cowley
Colin F. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Hospital and Medical School, and theMaryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Baekhyo Shin
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Hospital and Medical School, and theMaryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
R. Adams Cowley
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Hospital and Medical School, and theMaryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
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Trauma kills more people in the USA under 14 years of age than die of heart disease, cancer, pneumonia and intestinal disease combined. It is the leading cause of death in those under 38 years of age and it is the fourth commonest cause of death for the entire population. Advances in trauma emergency care are important from both the medical and economic standpoint since fatalities cost over twice the amount of non fatalities.

Type
Selected papers from the 4th World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Brighton, United Kingdom, June, 1985
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 1-4: Contributions from the Second International Assembly on Emergency Medical Services-Focus on Disaster, Baltimore, Md., USA, 1986 and 4th World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine Brighton, U.K. June, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 199 - 202
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1986

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