Pro/con debate: is the scoop and run approach the best approach to trauma services organization?
You are asked to be involved in organizing a trauma service for a major urban center. You are asked to make a decision on whether the services general approach to trauma in the city (which does have a well-established trauma center) will be scoop and run (minimal resuscitation at the scene with a goal to getting the patient to a trauma center as quickly as possible) or on-the-scene resuscitation with transfer following some degree of stabilization.
Haas
Barbara
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Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, Queen Wing, 3N-073, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8. barbara.haas@utoronto.ca
Nathens
Avery B
AB
D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000592:standards; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy