@article{ref1,
title="Helicopter emergency medical service and hospital treatment levels affect survival in pediatric trauma patients",
journal="Journal of clinical medicine",
year="2021",
author="Bläsius, Felix Marius and Horst, Klemens and Brokmann, Jörg Christian and Lefering, Rolf and Andruszkow, Hagen and Hildebrand, Frank and Dgu, TraumaRegister",
volume="10",
number="4",
pages="e837-e837",
abstract="(1) Background: Data on the effects of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) transport and treatment on the survival of severely injured pediatric patients in high-level trauma centers remain unclear. (2) Methods: A national dataset from the TraumaRegister DGU(®) was used to retrospectively compare the mortality rates among severely injured pediatric patients (1-15 years) who were transported by HEMS to those transported by ground emergency medical service (GEMS) and treated at trauma centers of different treatment levels (levels I-III). (3) Results: In total, 2755 pediatric trauma patients (age: 9.0 ± 4.8 years) were included in this study over five years. Transportation by HEMS resulted in a significant survival benefit compared to GEMS (odds ratio (OR) 0.489; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.282-0.850). Pediatric trauma patients treated in level II or III trauma centers showed 34% and fourfold higher in-hospital mortality risk than those in level I trauma centers (level II: OR 1.34, 95% CI: 0.70-2.56; level III: OR 4.63, 95% CI: 1.33-16.09). (4) Conclusions: In our national pediatric trauma cohort, both HEMS transportation and treatment in level I trauma centers were independent factors of improved survival in pediatric trauma patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2077-0383",
doi="10.3390/jcm10040837",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10040837"
}