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

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

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