What fluids are given during air ambulance treatment of patients with trauma in the UK, and what might this mean for the future? Results from the RESCUER observational cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Naumann, David N ^a,b   Hancox, James M ^a,c,d   Raitt, James ^e   Smith, Iain M ^a   Crombie, Nicholas ^a   Doughty, Heidi ^f   Perkins, Gavin D ^g   Midwinter, Mark J ^b,h  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE   (United Kingdom)

^e Thames Valley Air Ambulance   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical management; emergency ambulance systems; helicopter retrieval; prehospital care; trauma

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047226707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019627     Document Type: Article

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