Citation

Kmietowicz Z. BMJ 2017; 358: j4430.

Affiliation

The BMJ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.j4430

PMID

28939552

Abstract

Researchers have discovered what gang members have known all along—that you’re more likely to survive a serious injury if you get yourself to hospital than if you wait for an ambulance.1

“Scoop and run” describes the most basic form of prehospital trauma care—transportation with no intervention. A study from 2014 found that patients who used private transportation had improved survival compared with those who waited for an ambulance. But researchers from John Hopkins University School of Medicine …

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