Prehospital undertriage of older injured patients in western Switzerland: an observational cross-sectional study
Older injured patients were at increased risk of undertriage and non-trauma team activation admission, especially if they were older, female, had head injury without altered consciousness and greater distance to regional trauma centre.
Authors
- Vincent Darioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-5296)
- Tobias Zingg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0905-2299)
- François‐Xavier Ageron
- Pierre‐Nicolas Carron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-1275)
- Clément Poncet
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-024-01271-5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.76
Funders
- Université de Lausanne