Pediatric Prehospital Wound Prophylaxis in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CONCLUSIONS: The most frequently administered antibiotics were cephalosporins. TCCC recommended agents for adult prehospital wound prophylaxis were infrequently administered to pediatric casualties. Administration rates of pediatric prehospital wound prophylaxis may be improved with pediatric-specific TCCC guidelines recommending cephalosporins as first-line agents, fielding of a TCCC-oriented Broselow tape, and training prehospital providers on administration of antimicrobials. PMID: 32074367 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32074367?dopt=Abstract

Source: Military Medicine - February 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research