Critical Care and Paramedic Levels Trauma Protocols Critical Care and Paramedic Levels
Trauma: Unstable Patients Traumatic Arrest/Unstable Airway Closest facility Transport unstable patients to hospital/landing zone within 10 minutes of extrication
Trauma: Transport Guidelines
Trauma: General Guidelines Prolonged transport Consider aeromedical utilization > 45 minutes by ground and air not available Call medical direction – consider transporting to closest emergency department Transporting trauma to non-trauma center Notify emergency department as early as possible
Trauma: Aeromedical Utilization Must SIGNIFICANTLY reduce transport time Signs of life!!! Don’t wait for the helicopter <20 mile transport? Entrapment
Trauma: Pregnant Patients Adult trauma pt > 20 weeks gestation Not meeting trauma criteria – ER of their choice Meeting trauma criteria – Adult trauma center!
Trauma: Burn Patients Burn Criteria for transport to burn center >10% BSA partial thickness burns Involvement of face, hands, feet, genitalia, or major joints Third degree burns Electrical burns, including lightning injuries Chemical burns Inhalation injury Circumferential burns
Trauma: Burn Management Fentanyl added Less BP effect Med control only Rigid chest with rapid push
Trauma: Chest Fentanyl added
Trauma: Crush Injury New Protocol For prolonged entrapment only Tourniquet use? Pre-medicate
Trauma: Head Injury No changes
Trauma: Extremity Injury Tourniquet use Hemostatic dressing Once applied do not remove Fentanyl added
Trauma: Hypoperfusion Differing fluid goals for compressible injury Reflects current ITLS/ATLS guidelines