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Patients with critical injuries or those in whom certain specific injuries are identified should be considered for early transfer to a higher level trauma center. However, hemodynamically unstable patients who need to be transferred to such a center may appropriately undergo operative control for ongoing hemorrhage before transfer if a qualified surgeon is promptly available at the referring hospital.
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Jung, YJ. (2019). Interhospital Transfer. In: Hong, SK., Kim, D., Jeon, S. (eds) Primary Management of Polytrauma . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5529-4_11
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