Citation

Anderson JE, Galante JM, Salcedo ES. JAMA Surg. 2018; 153(6): 596.

Affiliation

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0108

PMID

29541775

Abstract

To the Editor In their study using data from the National Trauma Databank, Wandling et al1 concluded that patients with penetrating trauma in an urban area have improved survival if they are transported to a level I or level II trauma center via a private vehicle compared with ground emergency medical services. Their conclusions are similar to previous findings.2 However, both studies ignore a very important population: patients taken by private vehicle directly to a nontrauma center...

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