Avances en el cuidado prehospitalario del trauma

Avances en el cuidado prehospitalario del trauma

Advances in prehospital trauma care.  Williamson K, Ramesh R, Grabinsky A. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci [serial online] 2011 [cited 2013 Oct 23];1:44-50. Abstract Prehospital trauma care developed over the last decades parallel in many countries. Most of the prehospital emergency medical systems relied on input or experiences from military medicine and were often modeled after the existing military procedures. Some systems were initially developed with the trauma patient in mind, while other systems were tailored for medical, especially cardiovascular, emergencies. The key components to successful prehospital trauma care are the well-known ABCs of trauma care: Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Establishing and securing the airway, ventilation, fluid resuscitation, and in addition, the quick transport to the best-suited trauma center represent the pillars of trauma care in the field. While ABC in trauma care has neither been challenged nor changed, new techniques, tools and procedures have been developed to make it easier for the prehospital provider to achieve these goals in the prehospital setting and thus improve the outcome of trauma patients. Keywords: Anesthesiology, emergency, prehospital, trauma http://www.ijciis.org/text.asp?2011/1/1/44/79281