[Assessment of prehospital injury severity in children : Challenge for emergency physicians].

CONCLUSIONS: The assessment of prehospital injury severity in children is unreliable. In order to evaluate injury severity the use of anatomical trauma scores alone is insufficient. The adequate documentation of the mechanism of injury implies that the mechanism of injury seems to play a relevant role in the assessment of prehospital injury severity. The unreliable assessment of the injury severity, the arrival in the ER in on-call hours and the private transport to the hospital is a challenge to the ER leader in trauma life support for children.
PMID: 23657537 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - May 1, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Muhm M, Danko T, Winkler H, Ruffing T Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research