[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.
Abteilung für Anaesthesie, Rettungsmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Sana Kliniken Ostholstein GmbH, Klinik Eutin, Germany.
Peer G
PG
Knacke
Jan-Thorsten
JT
Gräsner
Gilbert
G
Heller
Petra
P
Saur
Jens
J
Scholz
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*