TY - JOUR T1 - In response to: Helicopter versus ground ambulance: review of national database for outcomes in survival in transferred trauma patients in the USA Michaels D, Pham H, Puckett Y, <em>et al</em> Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2019;4:e000211 JF - Trauma Surgery &amp; Acute Care Open JO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open DO - 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000404 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - e000404 AU - Brianna Dowd AU - Adel Elkbuli Y1 - 2019/11/01 UR - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000404.abstract N2 - We read with interest the impressive study by Michaels et al on helicopter versus ground transport survival in trauma patients. We commend the authors for their work but have some concerns.Our first issue is semantic, the authors’ state in the title that “Helicopter vs ground ambulance; review of… transferre d trauma patients…” However, in the methods section the authors’ state, “All transferred patients…were excluded.” Italics and underline added for emphasis. Instead, it may be more appropriate to use the word “transported” instead of transferred as a description of the mode of arrival for the … ER -