Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Trauma Survival Better on Weekends

Trauma Survival Better on Weekends
Jul 25, 2011
By Mike McEvoy, EMS Editor, fireengineering.com
 
Survival odds might be better if you’re shot, stabbed or critically injured in a crash on the weekend, according to a study of Pennsylvania trauma system data published in the March 21, 2011 issue of the Archives of Surgery. Critical conditions such as stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest are associated with poorer outcomes when patients arrive during nights and on weekends. Not so for trauma...CONTINUE READING



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