Declaration of a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago: effect on the trauma admissions at the National Referral Trauma Centre.

Michael J RamdassShamir O CawichSuresh PooranDavid MilneEarnest AliVijay Naraynsingh

Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2015)

This study has demonstrated that there was a reduction in the incidence of penetrating trauma at the national trauma center after the SOE, with a shift from gunshot to stab wounds.

Keyphrases

trauma patients
quality improvement
emergency department
public health
primary care