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Prehospital transportation of severe penetrating trauma victims in Sweden during the past decade: a police business?

Mattias RenbergMartin DahlbergMikael GellerforsAmir RostamiMattias GüntherElham Rostami
Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2023)
Non-EMS transports did occur, however with a low incidence and did not affect mortality. GSWs were more common in police transport, and victims had lower GCS scorescores when arriving at the ED, which warrants further investigations of the operational management of shooting victims in Sweden.
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