Pre-hospital trauma care: systems and delivery

Research questions in pre-hospital trauma care

Noting that a variety of pre-hospital interventions can now be applied to treat traumatic injury, David J Lockey calls for research to determine which of these actually improve survival and reduce morbidity.

London Trauma and Pre-hospital Care Conference 2011: Introduction

The 5th London Trauma and Pre-hospital Care Conference took place from 22 24 June at the Royal Geographical Society, a historic building famous for its role in the golden age of British exploration. Exactly 100 years ago the Royal Geographical Society launched Captain Scott’s doomed expedition to the South Pole, to which he was beaten by the great Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. This was per...

Fluid resuscitation in pre-hospital trauma care: a consensus view.

Fluid administration for trauma in the pre-hospital environment is a challenging and controversial area. The available evidence does not clearly support any single approach. Nevertheless, some provisional conclusions may be drawn. It was with this intention that the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (RCSEd) arranged to meet in August 2000 in an attempt to reach a working consensus. The following gui...

Pre hospital care 2012

Recurrent themes ran through the first and second day of London’s trauma conference. The need for identification and effective management of time critical pathology at the point of care was particularly emphasised. Delegates heard of developments in the understanding of the pathophysiology affecting pre-hospital patients, secondary to trauma, cardiac arrest or drowning, and advances in manageme...

Delivering enhanced pre-hospital trauma and resuscitation care: a cost-effective approach