TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Case report: severe polytrauma after traffic accident JO - Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie: AINS A1 - Knacke, Peer G. A1 - Gräsner, Jan-Thorsten A1 - Heller, Gilbert A1 - Saur, Petra A1 - Scholz, Jens SP - 504 EP - 506 VL - 42 IS - 7 N2 - This case report describes the prehospital care of a person with severe polytrauma due to being jammed in a vehicle in a traffic accident. After understanding the forces involved in causing the trauma, the therapy of impaired vital functions is demonstrated with particular regard to time management. Use of a rescue helicopter allowed for minimizing the delay to initial treatment as well as the duration of transport.

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LA - de SN - 0939-2661 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-985501 ID - ref1 ER -