Baxt 1983.
Methods | Retrospective cohort, ground comparison group only | |
Participants | People with blunt trauma only in San Diego, USA, over a 30‐month period | |
Interventions | HEMS vs. GEMS transport to a trauma center | |
Outcomes | Mortality | |
Notes | HEMS crews: physician and nurse, GEMS crews: paramedic and EMT | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Reporting bias | Low risk | 8/11 |
External validity | Low risk | 3/3 |
Internal validity | Unclear risk | 4/7 |
Internal validity: confounding and selection bias | High risk | 3/6 |
Power | High risk | 0/5 |