Background: Many severely injured patients are initially brought to a non-trauma centers for
initial assessment and stabilization. Air ambulance services are commonly used to expedite …

Background: Air ambulance services are commonly used to expedite interfacility transport of
injured patients to trauma centers. There is a lack of evidence surrounding risk factors for …

ObjectivesPopulation density can limit the level of care that can be provided in local facilities
in Ontario, and as such, patients with severe illnesses often require interfacility transfers to …

Background Severely injured patients benefit from early identification and trauma centre
treatment. Ontario has provincial prehospital trauma triage guidelines identifying patients …

Background: The use of air ambulance to facilitate interfacility transfer has been associated
with improved mortality; however, air ambulance is a limited resource and sometimes the …

Background Interfacility transfer of undertriaged patients to higher-level trauma centers has
been found to result in a delay of appropriate care and an increase in mortality. To address …

Background Trauma patients in rural areas are frequently transferred to regional trauma
centers for expeditious evaluation and management of potentially life-threatening injuries …

In emergency medical transport,“time to definite care” is very important. In the setting of a
trauma patient, this time interval is referred to as “the golden hour” in recognition that …

BACKGROUND: The role of Inter-facility transport (IFT) of patients is an emerging specialty
requiring service reorganization, diversion of major trauma to trauma center. This study …

Background: Delays to definitive care are of particular concern in rural trauma systems,
where prehospital times are significantly longer than average. Aims: We evaluated for …