Abstract:Study Objectives: Each year there are millions of visits to US national parks, which result in the need for emergency medical services. Our objective was to determine the transit time from each US national park to the nearest emergency department (ED), adult advanced trauma center (ATC), and ED that receives telehealth services (TH), and the percentage of national parks by US region that had timely access (<60 minutes) to each type of ED.Methods: The address of the main visitor center at 61 US national parks o… Show more
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