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Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) over-triage and the financial implications for major trauma centres in NSW, Australia

BACKGROUND: In NSW Australia, a formal trauma system including the use of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) has existed for over 20 years. Despite providing many advantages in NSW, HEMS patients are frequently over-triaged; leading to financial implications for major trauma centres that r...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Colman B, Curtis, Kate, Jan, Stephen, Newcombe, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23815080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-13-11