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Prehospital transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) may be life saving for hypovolaemic trauma patients. PRBCs should preferably be warmed prior to administration but practical prehospital devices have only recently become available. The effectiveness of purpose designed prehospital warmers compared with previously used improvised methods of warming has not previously been described.Expired units...
Objectives: To determine the association between mortality and the level of prehospital care in severely injured blunt trauma patients with or without severe head injury.Method: Retrospective review of 2010 severe blunt trauma patients (injury severity score (ISS) >15) with or without severe head injury in a tiered trauma system involving ambulance officers (basic life support (BLS) and advanced...
Objective: To determine whether prehospital critical care teams (CCT) would result in improved functional outcomes for road trauma related severe head injury in the Australian setting, when compared with standard advanced life support measures provided by paramedics.Methods: Retrospective review of 250 patients treated by paramedics and 46 patients treated by CCT transported directly from the accident...
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