Citation

Nelson WR, McMurtry RY, Pickard JJ, Flafferty D. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1983; 27: 311-322.

Affiliation

Sunnybrook Medical Center, Regional Trauma Unit, Toronto, Canada

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

Quantification of the trauma patient care and the resources required to provide such care has not been available to organizers of EMS systems. The EMS system at Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto has therefore over the past seven years, developed an on-line data collection program which facilitates monitoring of these parameters. The on-line program infers that the staff involved with collision victims are responsible for data tabulation. Both the results of and the time required to provide a service are documented. This prospective data collection program is both accurate and cost-effective.