Multi-institutional comparison of helicopter transfers directly to the operating room versus the pit stop in the emergency department.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Gwendolyn M
GM
van der Wilden
Sumbal
S
Janjua
Suzanne K
SK
Wedel
Suresh
S
Agarwal
Mark L
ML
Shapiro
Nicholas D
ND
Andersen
Stephen R
SR
Odom
Jonathan D
JD
Gates
Michael A
MA
Frakes
Yuchiao
Y
Chang
George C
GC
Velmahos
Hasan B
HB
Alam
David R
DR
King
Marc A
MA
De Moya
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017732:Air Ambulances; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult