Multi-institutional Comparison of Helicopter Transfers Directly to the Operating Room versus the Pit Stop in the Emergency Department

Presented September 24, 2011, at the 92nd annual meeting of the New England Surgical Society, September 23–25, 2011, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.

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