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R M Riner

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PubMed1987

Categorization of hospital emergency services--developing valid criteria.

In a pilot project sponsored by the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority, validated, verifiable criteria were developed for the vertical categorization of hospital emergency services in 11 different groupings of medical and surgical emergencies. We describe the development of an assessment process and categorization criteria to identify the most appropriate receiving facility for interfacility transfer and, in selected instances, field triage of patients with different levels of severity of illness or injury. We propose that this facility assessment project be used in the critical care planning process for the eventual vertical categorization of hospital emergency services in California and as a template for similar projects in other states.

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PubMed1986

Use of trauma scores.

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Emergency Medical Services↗
PubMed1981

Revising the rural hospital disaster plan: a role for the EMS system in managing the multiple casualty incident.

Much of the effort in disaster planning has been directed toward large-scale, war-related, or major natural disasters. We helped test a rural community's disaster plan in a simulated airport accident, and concluded that this plan was not the most effective for providing the triage and stabilization in the field that are essential to the management of this type of accident. This communication argues for the development of an alternative model of response involving the "escalation" of the everyday emergency medical services system. We believe this will provide more rapid and effective allocation of the rural community's limited medical resources in the management of the multiple casualty incident.

Aircraft↗