Medical evacuation--part of prehospital management of trauma patients

Medical evacuation, is a complex action, very much protocolised, with multiple aspects related to a serial data about trauma mechanisms, clinical situation, temporal standards, specific competences. The medical team have to decide which is the fastest, less traumatic, most correct and appropriate po...

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Published inRevista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi Vol. 113; no. 1; p. 48
Main Authors Rotaru, Luciana, Rotaru, A, Geormăneanu, Cristiana, Cimpoeşu, Diana
Format Journal Article
LanguageRomanian
Published Romania 01.01.2009
Subjects
Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
Humans
Multiple Trauma - diagnosis
Romania
Transportation of Patients - organization & administration
Transportation of Patients - standards
Trauma Centers - organization & administration
Triage - organization & administration
Triage - standards
Wounds and Injuries - diagnosis
Romania
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Summary:Medical evacuation, is a complex action, very much protocolised, with multiple aspects related to a serial data about trauma mechanisms, clinical situation, temporal standards, specific competences. The medical team have to decide which is the fastest, less traumatic, most correct and appropriate possibility for each specific patient, and to manage all the facilities to realise these aims. Medical evacuation as a part of integrative management for the trauma patient could affect significantly either the survival chance and the rehabilitation and depends on rules that have to be in relationship with the patient condition and mechanisms of trauma, distances, medical abilities and competences of the different trauma centers as an evacuation destinations--the performant communication and interconnection between these all links being indispensable.
ISSN:0048-7848