W F Dick, P J Baskett, C Grande, H Delooz, W Kloeck, C Lackner, M Lipp, W Mauritz, M Nerlich, J Nicholl, J Nolan, P Oakley, M Parr, A Seekamp, E Soreide, P A Steen, L van Camp, B Wolcke, D Yates
Basic and advanced care of trauma patients has always been an important aspect of prehospital and immediate in-hospital emergency medicine, involving a broad spectrum of disciplines, specialties and skills delivered through Emergency Medical Services Systems which, however, may differ significantly in structure, resources and operation. This complex background has, at least in part, hindered the development of a uniform pattern or set of criteria and definitions. This in turn has hitherto rendered data incompatible, with the consequence that such differing systems or protocols of care cannot be readily evaluated or compared with acceptable validity...
2000: Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica