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| Mark FaulSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Large cost savings realized from the 2006 Field Triage Guideline: reduction in overtriage in U.S. trauma centersMark Faul
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 16:222-9. 2012..Trauma centers are designed and staffed to treat severely injured patients and are increasingly burdened by cases involving less-serious injury. Yet, a cost evaluation of the Field Triage national guideline has never been performed...- Using a cost-benefit analysis to estimate outcomes of a clinical treatment guideline: testing theBrain Trauma Foundation guidelines for the treatment of severe traumatic brain injuryMark Faul
Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Trauma 63:1271-8. 2007..These studies have reported both cost savings and reduced mortality... 
Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011Scott M Sasser
Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 61:1-20. 2012..The Panel anticipates a review of these Guidelines approximately every 5 years...- A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Field Triage GuidelinesWilliam S Pearson
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 16:323-8. 2012..These guidelines include physiologic criteria, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate, which should be used in determining triage of an injured patient... - Widespread outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among evacuees of Hurricane Katrina residing in a large "megashelter" in Houston, Texas: lessons learned for preventionEileen L Yee
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Div of Viral Diseases, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1032-9. 2007.... - Reduced mortality in injured adults transported by helicopter emergency medical servicesErnest E Sullivent
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 15:295-302. 2011..Some studies have shown improved outcomes with helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) transport, while others have not. Safety concerns and cost have prompted reevaluation of the widespread use of HEMS... - Injuries after Hurricane Katrina among Gulf Coast Evacuees sheltered in Houston, TexasMark Faul
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Emerg Nurs 37:460-8. 2011..Clinic physicians documented 1130 hurricane-related injuries during Katrina Clinic's operational interval, September 1-22, 2005... - Patients with severe traumatic brain injury transferred to a Level I or II trauma center: United States, 2007 to 2009David E Sugerman
Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1491-9. 2012..This study was conducted to see if the same finding holds with a nationally representative sample of patients with severe TBI seen at Level I and II trauma centers...