The recognition and management of life-threatening hemorrhage in the polytrauma patient
poses several challenges to prehospital rescue personnel and hospital providers. First …

Background Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy (ED-RT) or prehospital
resuscitative thoracotomy (PH-RT) is performed for trauma patients with impending or full …

To purpose was to assess and compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and risk of
depression two years after trauma, between patients with and without traumatic brain injury …

Internationally, there were an estimated 251,000 firearm deaths in 2016. The
preponderance of these deaths was among civilians unrelated to armed conflict. More than …

Introduction Trauma training for front-line providers is a critical component of injury
mitigation and trauma systems strengthening. Although the Advanced Trauma Life Support …

The aim of the study was to assess mortality trends due to road traffic accidents in Poland
between 1999 and 2018. The study material was a database including 7,582,319 death …

Objective Prolonged opioid use is common following traumatic injuries. Although preventive
strategies have been recommended, the evidence supporting their use is low. The …

Introduction Prompt, high-quality pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) can
significantly reduce morbidity and mortality. The goal of this study was to identify factors that …

Background Severely injured patients who are re-triaged (emergently transferred from an
emergency department to a high-level trauma center) experience lower in-hospital mortality …

Considerable political, structural, environmental and epidemiological change will affect high
socioeconomic index (SDI) countries over the next 25 years. These changes will impact …