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Redefining trauma deserts: novel technique to accurately map prehospital transport time

Leah C Tatebe, Vanessa P Ho, Heena P Santry, Ken Tatebe
DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001013 Published 23 January 2023
Leah C Tatebe
1Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Vanessa P Ho
2Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Heena P Santry
4Department of Surgery, Kettering Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Ken Tatebe
5Department of Radiation Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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    Transport times in minutes to four representative level 1 trauma centers (A–D). Red circles represent all level 1 trauma centers in the Chicagoland area.

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    Transportation time to five level 1 trauma centers by location in the city. Time cut-off set at 15 minutes. Red circles represent all level 1 trauma centers in the Chicagoland area.

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    Median and IQR for time in minutes and speed in miles per hour for locations within 5 miles traveled

    Transport within 5 milesTime (minutes),
    median (IQR)
    Speed (mph),
    median (IQR)
    P value
    Center 131 (25–38)14 (12–16)Reference
    Center 229 (19–36)16 (16–17)<0.001
    Center 325 (20–32)15 (13–16)<0.001
    • Statistical comparison was performed using Student’s t-test.

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Redefining trauma deserts: novel technique to accurately map prehospital transport time
Leah C Tatebe, Vanessa P Ho, Heena P Santry, Ken Tatebe
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jan 2023, 8 (1) e001013; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001013

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Redefining trauma deserts: novel technique to accurately map prehospital transport time
Leah C Tatebe, Vanessa P Ho, Heena P Santry, Ken Tatebe
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jan 2023, 8 (1) e001013; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001013
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Leah C Tatebe, Vanessa P Ho, Heena P Santry, Ken Tatebe
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open Jan 2023, 8 (1) e001013; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001013
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