Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 1996
Factors associated with prolongation of transport times of emergency pediatric patients requiring transfer to a tertiary care center.
The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with longer times to transport of emergency pediatric patients requiring tertiary care. ⋯ Increased time-to-request for patients with medical diagnoses, increased ground times for younger patients and patients with medical diagnoses, and failure to perform necessary procedures contribute to a prolongation of the time-to-transport of emergency pediatric patients. The magnitude of the impact of these longer transport times on outcome is unknown.