TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Essential measures for prehospital treatment of severely injured patients : the trauma care bundle
JO  - Unfallchirurg
A1  - Matthes, Gerrit
A1  - Trentzsch, H.
A1  - Wölfl, C. G.
A1  - Paffrath, T.
A1  - Flohé, S.
A1  - Schweigkofler, U.
A1  - Ekkernkamp, A.
A1  - Schulz-Drost, S.
SP  - 652
EP  - 656
VL  - 118
IS  - 8
N2  - BACKGROUND: In order to ensure adequate treatment and to avoid complications, care bundles are increasingly being implemented. These are comprehensive and evidence-based procedures for the treatment of individual diseases or injuries which should be carried out for every patient. The aim of this study was to define a care bundle for the prehospital treatment of severely injured patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The scientific contents of the bundle were gathered from the interdisciplinary evidence-based S3 guidelines for the treatment of severely injured patients by the German Trauma Society. The ABCDE scheme suggested by the prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS®) and the advanced trauma life support (ATLS®) functioned as a matrix for the individual elements in the bundles. The identified elements were finalized by a consensus process. <br><br>RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A bundle of six elements was suggested and a comprehensive summary of key items during prehospital management of severely injured patients was identified. In a next step the effectiveness of the care bundle should be evaluated in a clinical trial.<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0177-5537
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00113-015-0042-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -