Emergency Medical Services Response Time and Mortality in Paediatric Trauma Patients in the Urban Setting: A Cohort Study

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dc.contributor.advisorHagel, Brent Edward
dc.contributor.authorCouperthwaite, Amy Bonnie Gale
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T20:48:52Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-29
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The standard for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response times has been set at eight minutes or less in many places in the world. We examined the relationship between trauma related mortality and morbidity and EMS response time. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of paediatric patients under the age of 18 who suffered a traumatic injury and were attended to by EMS in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta between April 2010 and September 2013 Results: The adjusted risk ratio of mortality given a response time of ≥8 minutes is 0.635 times that of a response time <8 minutes (95% CI: 0.346-1.166; p=0.143). The adjusted risk ratio of admission to hospital given a response time of >8 minutes is 1.165 times that of a response time <8 minutes (95% CI: 0.985-1.379; p=0.075). Conclusions: The eight minute response time was not associated with a difference in all cause mortality or admission to hospital.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCouperthwaite, A. B. (2015). Emergency Medical Services Response Time and Mortality in Paediatric Trauma Patients in the Urban Setting: A Cohort Study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25875en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25875
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2556
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subject.classificationinjury preventionen_US
dc.subject.classificationEmergency Medical Servicesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationambulancesen_US
dc.subject.classificationresponse timeen_US
dc.subject.classificationambulance response timesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEMS response timesen_US
dc.subject.classificationpaediatric injuryen_US
dc.subject.classificationinjuryen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaediatricsen_US
dc.subject.classificationpaediatric injury preventionen_US
dc.titleEmergency Medical Services Response Time and Mortality in Paediatric Trauma Patients in the Urban Setting: A Cohort Study
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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