Impact of physician-staffed ground emergency medical services-administered pre-hospital trauma care on in-hospital survival outcomes in Japan.
Motohiro TsuboiManabu HibiyaHiroyuki KawauraNozomu SekiKazuki HasegawaTatsuhiko HayashiKentaro MatsuoShintaro FuruyaYukiko NakajimaSuguru HitomiKaoru OgawaHajime SuzukiDaisuke YamamotoMasahiro AsamiSaki SakamotoJiro KamiyamaYuko OkudaKazu MinamiKatsunobu TeshigaharaMasashi GokitaKoichi YasakaShigemasa TaguchiKazuya KiyotaPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2023)
Using nationwide data, this novel study suggests that doctor cars improve the in-hospital survival rate of patients with severe trauma in Japan. Therefore, doctor cars could be an option for trauma strategies.