What factors are associated with the use of teletrauma in northern British Columbia?

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Client site. "The site of the client or local provider(s) receiving support from consulting clinicians" (Provincial Health Services Authority, 2014, p. 4) Consulting site. "The site the consulting provider broadcasts from" (Provincial Health Services Authority, 2014, p. 4) Level 1 Trauma Center. "[A] Level I Trauma Center is a comprehensive regional resource that is a tertiary care facility central to the trauma system. A Level I Trauma Center is capable of providing total care for every aspect of injury" (American Trauma Society, n.d., para. 5) Level 2 Trauma Center. "A Level 2 Trauma Center is able to initiate definitive care for all injured patients (American Trauma Society, n.d., para. 7) Level 3 Trauma Center. "A Level III Trauma Center has demonstrated an ability to provide prompt assessment, resuscitation, surgery, intensive care and stabilization of injured patients and emergency operations" (American Trauma Society, n.d., para. 9) Level 4 Trauma Center. "A Level IV Trauma Center has demonstrated an ability to provide advanced trauma life support prior to transfer of patients to a higher level trauma center. It provides evaluation, stabilization, and diagnostic capabilities for injured patients" (American Trauma Society, n.d., para. 11) Northern Health Authority. The health care organization that is responsible for delivering care to the Northern Health Authority region in British Columbia Rural. Rural and small town areas are census subdivisions outside of a central metropolitan area (urban core population >50,000) or a census agglomeration (urban core population >10,000) (Statistics Canada, 2015)