Tertiary trauma care in a rural state
โ Scribed by John B. Cone
- Book ID
- 117024659
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 289 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Motor vehicle-related trauma deaths in a 21-county rural emergency medical services (EMS) system are reviewed. Injury severity scores (ISS) and Glasgow coma scores (GCS) were recorded to provide baseline data for future comparison as the system progresses. The majority of deaths (67%) were related t
## Abstract ## Background In the United States and many other countries, there has been limited attempt to develop a trauma system that addresses the unique trauma situations that occur in rural areas. Rather the planners have attempted to simply extend the urban based trauma system into rural com