title: Evaluation of an emergency medical service referral system for burn patients.
abstract: It is the purpose of this report to examine the process of burn care of hospitalized burn patients in the Commonwealth of Virginia over a 21 month period. Eighty-nine per cent of the hospitals within the state participated in the study, the results of which provide a positive indication of the performance of our statewide emergency medical service referral system. This system was successful in redistributing patients, with the more severely burned patients being treated in the specialty burn treatment facilities. The process of burn care within the hospital setting was also consistent with the patient's severity of injury.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014768:Virginia