Comparing Methodologies for Evaluating Emergency Medical Services Ground Transport Access to Time‐critical Emergency Services: A Case Study Using Trauma Center Care

OBJECTIVES: The regionalization of medical services has resulted in improved outcomes and greater compliance with existing guidelines. For certain "time-critical" conditions intimately associated with emergency medicine, early intervention has demonstrated mortality benefits. For these conditions, then, appropriate triage within a regionalized system at first diagnosis is paramount, ideally occurring in the field by emergency medical services …