Prehospital life support in trauma patients: Basic or advanced trauma life support

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Tarih

2006

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Cilt Başlığı

Yayıncı

Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

The controversy between Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) in the prehospital care of trauma patients has not been resolved yet. The purpose of this study was to examine the literature with respect to the type of prehospital care applied to the trauma patients. A total of 76 papers on ATLS and/or BLS for trauma were reviewed regarding the variables such as intravenous catheter application, prehospital fluid resuscitation, transport time, intubation and mortality. As a conclusion, the data in the literature do not support the routine use of on-field ATLS in trauma patients. Prospective randomized trials comparing ATLS and BLS in prehospital management of trauma patients are needed to clarify this issue.

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Advanced trauma life support/education/standards; Emergency medicine/education; Life support care/standards; Prehospital emergency care; Resuscitation/education; Retrospective studies; Transportation of patients/standards; Turkey

Kaynak

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

WoS Q Değeri

Scopus Q Değeri

Q3

Cilt

12

Sayı

2

Künye