Time Savings and Safety of EMS Administration of Antibiotics for Open Fractures

CONCLUSIONS: EMS clinicians were able to safely administer antibiotics to patients with open fractures a median of 15 minutes before arrival at the hospital, and 99 percent of the patients receiving antibiotics had them administered within one hour of EMS dispatch. EMS administration of antibiotics may be a safe way to increase compliance with recommendations for early antibiotic administration for open fractures.PMID:38661320 | DOI:10.1080/10903127.2024.2347291

Source: Rural Remote Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alexander D Muniz Dominic J Gregorio Scott A Studebaker Aaron M Peth Cole G Camacho Bilie Williams Douglas F Kupas Lawrence H Brown Source Type: research