[Reliability of emergency medical field triage : Exemplified by traffic accident victims.]

CONCLUSION: Accurate field triage in seriously injured road accident victims, even by trained physicians, is difficult. This pertains especially to injuries to the abdomen and the pelvis. For the field triage a combination of anatomical and physiological criteria as well as the mechanism of injury should be used to increase accuracy.
PMID: 24196404 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - November 8, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Helm M, Faul M, Unger T, Lampl L Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research