A traumatic tale of two cities: does EMS level of care and transportation model affect survival in patients with trauma at level 1 trauma centres in two neighbouring Canadian provinces?

Colin RouseJefferson HayreJames FrenchJacqueline FraserIan WatsonSusan BenjaminAllison ChisholmBeth SealyMete ErdoganRobert S GreenGeorge StoicaPaul R Atkinson

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2017)

Overall survival to hospital was the same between advanced and basic Canadian EMS systems. As numbers included are low, individual case benefit cannot be excluded.

Keyphrases

healthcare
spinal cord injury
free survival
trauma patients
palliative care
emergency department
pain management
adverse drug