Outcomes and potential for improvement in the prehospital treatment of penetrating chest injuries in a European metropolitan area: A retrospective analysis of 2009 - 2017

CONCLUSIONS: Severe cases of penetrating chest trauma are rare in Vienna and happened about once a week between 2009 and 2017. Both incidence and case load increased over the years, and potentially life-saving invasive procedures were only reluctantly applied. Therefore, a structured educational and skill retention approach aimed at both paramedics and emergency physicians should be implemented.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Retrospective analysis without intervention.PMID:37544864 | DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2023.110971

Source: Pain Physician - August 6, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Mario Krammel Nikolaus Frimmel Thomas Hamp Daniel Grassmann Harald Widhalm Philip Verdonck Christoph Reisinger Patrick Sulzgruber Sebastian Schnaubelt Source Type: research