Annals of emergency medicine
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Multicenter Study
Quality Through Coopetition: An Empiric Approach to Measure Population Outcomes for Emergency Care-Sensitive Conditions.
We develop a novel approach for measuring regional outcomes for emergency care-sensitive conditions. ⋯ We used cluster analysis to empirically identify regional use patterns for emergency conditions requiring a communitywide system response. This method of attribution allows regional performance to be benchmarked and could be used to develop population-based outcome measures after life-threatening illness and injury.
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Multicenter Study
A Two-Center Validation of "Patient Does Not Follow Commands" and Three Other Simplified Measures to Replace the Glasgow Coma Scale for Field Trauma Triage.
Out-of-hospital personnel worldwide calculate the 13-point Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score as a routine part of field trauma triage. We wish to independently validate a simpler binary assessment to replace the GCS for this task. ⋯ In this 2-center external validation, we confirmed that a simple binary assessment-"patient does not follow commands"-could effectively replace the more complicated GCS for field trauma triage.