Is prehospital intubation of severely injured children in accordance with guidelines?

The current German S3 guideline for polytrauma lists five criteria for prehospital intubation: apnea, severe traumatic brain injury (GCS ≤8), severe chest trauma with respiratory failure, hypoxia, and persiste...

Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - December 6, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Teresa Maek, Ulrike Fochtmann, Anna von Loewenich, Pascal Jungbluth, Werner Zimmermann, Rolf Lefering, Sven Lendemans and Bjoern Hussmann Tags: Research Source Type: research