[Case report: severe polytrauma after traffic accident].
This case report describes the prehospital care of a person with severe polytrauma due to being jammed in a vehicle in a traffic accident. After understanding the forces involved in causing the trauma, the therapy of impaired vital functions is demonstrated with particular regard to time management. Use of a rescue helicopter allowed for minimizing the delay to initial treatment as well as the duration of transport.
Knacke
Peer G
PG
Abteilung für Anaesthesie, Rettungsmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Sana Kliniken Ostholstein GmbH, Klinik Eutin, Germany.
Gräsner
Jan-Thorsten
JT
Heller
Gilbert
G
Saur
Petra
P
Scholz
Jens
J
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*