Emergency Medical Individual Clinician Volume and Mortality in Trauma Patients
Results of this cohort study suggest that higher patient volumes per EMS clinician were associated with lower early mortality rates after trauma. Exploring this association further is essential to optimize staffing, education strategies, and performance benchmarks.
Authors
- Daniel G. Ostermayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3205-4161)
- Mayur Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-7211)
- Francis Xavier Guyette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9151-4896)
- Erin E. Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-5054)
- Liling Lu
- Jason W. Brown
- Brian G. Harbrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6469-5265)
- Chad T. Wilson
- Jason L. Sperry
- Ernest E. Moore
- Christian Martin-Gill
- Martin Schreiber
- Bellal Joseph
- Bryan Cotton
- David S. Silver
- Jamison Beiriger
Institutions
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of Louisville (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Denver Health Medical Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2025.6741
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00