Fluid resuscitation in prehospital trauma care: a consensus view
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Matthew Revell; Keith Porter; Ian Greaves
- Source
- Emergency Medicine Journal. 19:494-498
- Subject
- Emergency Medical Services
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation
Decision Making
MEDLINE
Review
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Catheterization
Fluid therapy
medicine
Emergency medical services
Humans
Trauma victims
Intensive care medicine
Hemostasis
business.industry
Hemodynamics
General Medicine
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Trauma care
medicine.disease
Oxygen
Clinical evidence
Emergency Medicine
Fluid Therapy
Wounds and Injuries
Medical emergency
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1472-0213
1472-0205
This paper reviews the evidence concerning the administration of fluid to trauma victims in the prehopsital setting. Clinical evidence from a consensus meeting is used to propose a practical and safe framework for the managment of such patients.