Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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To evaluate trauma transfer practices in rural Oregon before and after implementation of a statewide trauma system. ⋯ Implementation of the Oregon statewide trauma system was associated with a redistribution of rural trauma patients to trauma hospitals with greater therapeutic resources.
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To test whether the reduction in ankle radiograph ordering was sustained during a 12-month period after a formal trial to introduce the Ottawa ankle rules. ⋯ Compliance with the Ottawa ankle rules was sustained during a 12-month postintervention surveillance period when physicians did not know they were being observed. Physicians will continue to use a simple clinical guideline once it has been learned.
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Emergency Management of Trauma, Edited by Thomas A. Scaletta and Jeffrey J. ⋯ Paris House Calls, Rounds, and Healings: A Poetry Casebook By David L. Schiedermayer Tucson Airway Cam Video Series, Volume I: Orotracheal Intubation Produced by Richard Levjtan and Michael Higgins, with Ahmed Badr and Steven Blanks (assistant producers).
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To evaluate trauma transfer practices in rural Oregon before and after implementation of a statewide trauma system. ⋯ Implementation of the Oregon statewide trauma system was associated with a redistribution of rural trauma patients to trauma hospitals with greater therapeutic resources.