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Prehospital Care for Severe Trauma Patients: What Do We Mean by ALS?

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The reduction of trauma morbidity and mortality is one of the priorities of all health services around the world. In the USA injuries cause the loss of more years of life than do cancer and heart disease combined and the total injury-related costs are higher than the costs of any other disease process (1). Two of the most effective ways of combating this public health problem are prevention and the establishment of a trauma system.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Nardi, G., De Monte, A. (1996). Prehospital Care for Severe Trauma Patients: What Do We Mean by ALS?. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2203-4_46

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