title: Controversial aspects of the prehospital trauma care.
abstract: Despite decades of studies and experiences, an evidence-based medicine consensus on the more appropriate treatment of trauma patients in the out-of-hospital setting has not yet been achieved. Different approaches exist and no one has been demonstrated clearly superior over the others for all circumstances and for all patients. A number of factors likely account for this finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Perioperative Medicine, Intensive Care and Emergency, Cattinara University Hospital, Trieste Medical School, Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berlot
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bacer
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gullo
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001811:Blood Volume Determination; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*