title: [Prehospital care of surgical emergencies].
abstract: Surgical emergencies embrace the fields of general and visceral surgery (e.g. unclear/acute abdomen, blunt abdominal trauma, perianal venous thrombosis), vascular surgery (e.g.: venous and arterial bleeding, aortic aneurysm), accident, hand and plastic surgery (e.g. dislocations, fractures, amputation injuries, penetrating injuries, burns, hypothermia, complicated trauma, thoracic trauma). The prehospital treatment options discussed in the present article represent the current state of the art.
authors.affiliation: Department für Orthopädie und Traumatologie, Klinikum der AlbertLudwigs-Universität, Freiburg. peter.strohm@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Strohm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bannasch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goos
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Südkamp
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005194:Family Practice; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010502:Perineum / Q000098:blood supply*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*