Prehospital notification for major trauma patients requiring emergency hospital transport: a systematic review.

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This systematic review aimed to determine the effect of prehospital notification systems for major trauma patients on overall (< 30 days) and early (< 24 hours) mortality, hospital reception and trauma team presence (or equivalent) on arrival, time to critical interventions and length of hospital stay.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Evid Based Med

Title: Journal of evidence-based medicine

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN (Electronic): 1756-5391

ISSN (Print): 1756-5391

Publication date (Electronic): May 03 2017

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[1 ] Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

[2 ] Cochrane Consumers and Communication, Centre for Health Communication and Participation, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

[3 ] National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

[4 ] Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

[5 ] The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

[6 ] JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

[7 ] College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

[8 ] Information Specialist (consultant), Canada.

[9 ] Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

[10 ] Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, India.

[11 ] Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

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DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12256

PubMed ID: 28467026

SO-VID: eb8a46da-fd94-48c6-9965-e4bdc7d726c3

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Keywords: advanced trauma life support care,emergency medical service communication systems,prehospital emergency care,review,systematic,trauma

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Keywords: advanced trauma life support care, emergency medical service communication systems, prehospital emergency care, review, systematic, trauma

Prehospital notification for major trauma patients requiring emergency hospital transport: a systematic review.

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