Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service has a beneficial impact on the incidence of prehospital hypoxia and secured airways on patients with severe traumatic brain injury

BACKGROUND: After traumatic brain injury (TBI), hypotension, hypoxia and hypercapnia have been shown to result in secondary brain injury that can lead to increased mortality and disability. Effective prehospital assessment and treatment by emergency medical service (EMS) is considered essential for...

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Autores principales: Pakkanen, Toni, Kämäräinen, Antti, Huhtala, Heini, Silfvast, Tom, Nurmi, Jouni, Virkkunen, Ilkka, Yli-Hankala, Arvi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5603088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-017-0438-1

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