title: Fluid management in traumatic shock: a practical approach for mountain rescue. Official recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM).
abstract: Sumann, Günther, Peter Paal, Peter Mair, John Ellerton, Tore Dahlberg, Gregoire Zen-Ruffinen, Ken Zafren, and Hermann Brugger. Fluid management in traumatic shock: a practical approach for mountain rescue. High Alt. Med. Biol. 10:71-75, 2009.-The management of severe injuries leading to traumatic shock in mountains and remote areas is a great challenge for emergency physicians and rescuers. Traumatic brain injury may further aggravate outcome. A mountain rescue mission may face severe limitations from the terrain and required rescue technique. The mission may be characterized by a prolonged prehospital care time, where urban traumatic shock protocols may not apply. Yet optimal treatment is of utmost importance. The aim of this study is to establish scientifically supported recommendations for fluid management that are feasible for the physician or paramedic attending such an emergency. A nonsystematic literature search was performed; the results and recommendations were discussed among the authors and accepted by the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM). Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are discussed, as well as limitations on therapy in mountain rescue. An algorithm for fluid resuscitation, derived from the recommendations, is presented in Fig. 1. Focused on the key criterion of traumatic brain injury, different levels of blood pressure are presented as a goal of therapy, and the practical means for achieving these are given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital Voecklabruck, Austria. guenther.sumann@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sumann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paal
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellerton
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dahlberg
authors.forename: Gregoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zen-Ruffinen
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zafren
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brugger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000293:injuries*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*