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Elderly Patients May Be Less Likely to be Taken to a Trauma Center by EMS Personnel
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Title Elderly Patients May Be Less Likely to be Taken to a Trauma Center by EMS Personnel
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579513?src=rss
Description A study showed that even when trauma was recognized and acknowledged by EMS there may be an unconscious age bias in EMS personnel in the field and in receiving trauma center personnel. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Emergency Medicine
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Date Aug 26, 2008
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