Prehospital trauma management: A national study of paramedic activities

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-63

  Sukumaran, S ^a   Henry, J M ^b   Beard, D ^b   Lawrenson, R ^c   Gordon, M W G ^d   O'Donnell, J J ^e   Gray, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Trauma Audit Group   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 12344253204     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016873     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. National Statistics Office. Review of the registrar general on deaths by cause, sex and age in England and Wales. London: National statistics Office, 2001.
2. General Register Office. Deaths: numbers and rates by sex, age and cause, Scotland 2002. Vital events reference table. Edinburgh: General Register Office, 2002.
3. Trunkey DD. Initial treatment of patients with extensive trauma. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1259-63.
4. Trunkey DD. Trauma. Sci Am 1983;249:20-7.
5. Merifield AJ. The modern ambulance service. Report by working group to NHS management executive. London: NHS, 1990.
6. IHCD. Ambulance service paramedic training manual London: IHCD, 2001.
7. Gold CR. Pre-hospital advanced life support vs "scoop and run" in trauma management. Ann Emerg Med 1987;16 797-801.
8. Sompalis JS, Lavoie A, Williams JI, et al. Impact of on-site care, pre-hospital time and level of in-hospital care on survival in severely injured patients. J Trauma 1993;34 252-61.
9. Liberman M, Mulder D, Sampalis J. Advanced or basic life support for trauma: meta-analysis and critical review of the literature. J Trauma 2000;49:584-99.
10. Boyd CR, Tolson MA, Copes WS. Evaluating trauma care: the TRISS method. Trauma score and the injury severity score. J Trauma 1987;27:370-8.
11. Rainer TH, Houlihan KPG, Robertson CE, et al. An evaluation of paramedic activities in prehospital trauma care. Injury 1997;28:623-7,
12. Guly UM, Mitchell RG, Cook R, et al. Paramedics and technicians are equally successful at managing cardiac arrests outside hospital. BMJ 1995;310:1091-4.
13. Goodacre S, Gray A, McGowan A. On-scene times for trauma patients in West Yorkskire. J Accid Emerg Med 1997; 14 283-5.
14. Nicholl J, Hughes S, Dixon S, et al. The costs and benefits of paramedic skills in prehospital trauma care. Health Technol Assess 1998;2.
15. Turner J, Nicholl J, Webber L, et al. A randomised controlled trial of prehospital intravenous fluid replacement therapy in serious trauma. Health Technol Assess 2000;4.
16. Bickell WH, Wall MJ, Pepe PE, et al. Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. N Engl J Med 1994;331:1105-9.
17. Smith JP, Bodai BI, Hill AS, et al. Pre-hospital stabilization of critically injured patients: a failed concept. J Trauma 1985;25:65-70.
18. Kaweski SM, Sise MJ, Virgilio RW. The effect of prehospital fluids on survival in trauma patients. J Trauma 1990; 30:1215-18.
19. Sampalis JS, Tammim H, Denis R, et al. Ineffectiveness of on-site intravenous lines: is prehospital time the culprit? J Trauma 1997;43:608-15.
20. Lewis FR. Pre-hospital intravenous fluid therapy: Physiologic computer modelling. J Trauma 1986;26:804-11.
21. Blaisdell FW. Trauma myths and magic: 1984 Fitts Lecture. J Trauma 1985;25:856-63.
22. Slovis CM, Herr EW, Londorf D, et al. Success rates for initiation of intravenous therapy en route by prehospital care providers. Am J Emerg Med 1990;8:305-7.
23. Pepe PE, Copass MK, Joyce TH, et al. Prehospital endotracheal intubation: rationale for training emergency medical personnel. Ann Emerg Med 1985;14:1085-92.
24. Davis DP, Hoyt DB, Ochs M, et al. The effect of paramedic rapid sequence intubation on outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma 2003;54:444-53.
25. Eckstein M, Chan L, Schneir A, et al. Effect of prehospital advanced life support on outcomes of major trauma patients. J Trauma 2000;48:643-8.
26. Ruchholtz S, Waydhas C, Ose C, et al. Prehospital intubation in severe thoracic trauma without respiratory insufficiency: a matched-pair analysis based on the Trauma Registry of the German Trauma Society. J Trauma 2002;52:879-86.
27. Stewart RD, Paris PM, Winter PM, et al. Field endotracheal intubation by paramedic personnel: success rates and complications. Chest 1984;85:341-5.