A study of motor vehicle accident deaths occurring in Napa County, California, from 1979 through 1983 showed that there was a preventable death rate of 42% for deaths that were not related to central nervous system injuries. After developing a Level II trauma center at our hospital, the preventable death rate decreased to 14%. This was statistically significant (total chi-square, 0.01

    There was a significant increase in the average Injury Severity Score (34 versus 45, p<0.005) as well as significant improvements in the surgeon's response time (32 minutes versus 11 minutes, p<0.005) and in the time from hospital arrival to the start of surgery (3.6 hours versus 1.9 hours, 0.01


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    Titel :

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



    Erschienen in:

    American Journal of Surgery ; 160 , 6 ; 655-658


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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