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Prehospital time and mortality in pediatric trauma
PurposeThe “Golden Hour” of transportation to a hospital has long been accepted as a central principal of trauma care. However, this has not been...
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Prehospital Care of Penetrating Trauma
Prehospital care and movement of critically injured penetrating trauma patients are key components of an effective system of trauma care.
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The accuracy of prehospital triage decisions in English trauma networks – a case-cohort study
BackgroundCare for injured patients in England is provided by inclusive regional trauma networks. Ambulance services use triage tools to identify...
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Accuracy between prehospital and hospital diagnosis in helicopter emergency medical services and its consequences for trauma care
PurposeFor optimal prehospital trauma care, it is essential to adequately recognize potential life-threatening injuries in order to correctly triage...
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Telemedicine for Prehospital Trauma Care: A Promising Approach
Acute trauma care requires rapid assessment of severity, on-scene stabilisation of vital signs and prompt in-hospital treatment. Timely...
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Prehospital ultrasound scanning for abdominal free fluid detection in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionFocused assessment with sonography for trauma helps detect abdominal free fluid. Prehospital ultrasound scanning is also important...
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Prehospital and emergency department airway management of severe penetrating trauma in Sweden during the past decade
BackgroundPrehospital tracheal intubation (TI) is associated with increased mortality in patients with penetrating trauma, and the utility of...
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The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundTrauma related deaths remain a relevant public health problem, in particular in the younger male population. A significant number of these...
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Prehospital and Early Intrahospital Management of Trauma
To date, trauma represents one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Approximately 9% of annual deaths, or more than five million people, die as...
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Effect of urban vs. remote settings on prehospital time and mortality in trauma patients in Norway: a national population-based study
BackgroundNorway has a diverse population pattern and often long transport distances from injury sites to hospitals. Also, previous studies have...
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Battlefield Trauma Care: Prehospital Management
Since the earliest days of civilisation, it has been recognised that a fit army is an effective army. The assurance that they will be efficiently...
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Trauma patient transport to hospital using helicopter emergency medical services or road ambulance in Sweden: a comparison of survival and prehospital time intervals
BackgroundThe benefits of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) transport of adults following major trauma have been examined with mixed...
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Hypocalcaemia upon arrival (HUA) in trauma patients who did and did not receive prehospital blood products: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeHypocalcaemia upon arrival (HUA) to hospital is associated with morbidity and mortality in the trauma patient. It has been hypothesised that...
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Changes in temperature in preheated crystalloids at ambient temperatures relevant to a prehospital setting: an experimental simulation study with the application of prehospital treatment of trauma patients suffering from accidental hypothermia
BackgroundAccidental hypothermia is common in all trauma patients and contributes to the lethal diamond, increasing both morbidity and mortality. In...
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Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate analgesia in prehospital trauma care: an observational cohort study
BackgroundPain is one of the major prehospital symptoms in trauma patients and requires prompt management. Recent studies have reported insufficient...
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Prehospital predictors of the need for transfusion in patients with major trauma
PurposeSevere haemorrhage is a leading cause of early mortality following major trauma. By early identification of patients at risk, blood...
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Prehospital transportation of severe penetrating trauma victims in Sweden during the past decade: a police business?
IntroductionSweden is facing a surge of gun violence that mandates optimized prehospital transport approaches, and a survey of current practice is...
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Critical hypertension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre retrospective observational study
BackgroundCritical hypertension in major trauma patients is associated with increased mortality. Prehospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is...
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In-hospital mortality after prehospital endotracheal intubation versus alternative methods of airway management in trauma patients. A cohort study from the TraumaRegister DGU®
PurposePrehospital airway management in trauma is a key component of care and is associated with particular risks. Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is...
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Prehospital Stroke Care
As the first healthcare professionals to come into contact with acute stroke patients, prehospital providers are uniquely positioned to obtain...