[Immobilize the person after injury - problems in the practice of the rescuer]

Wiad Lek. 2016;69(2 Pt 2):267-70.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The rescuer often has to deal with patients who have suffered trauma to the bone , including heads, spine, lower and upper limbs. Serious injuries or multiorgan grudges are a frequent result of communicative cases, and a fast but accurate examination is a condition of the success of a rescue operation, putting the preliminary diagnosis and implementing real rescue activities. Delays in a rescue operation or the lack appropriate the equipment is threatening the patient with the permanent disability or even a loss of life. It is important so that Teams of the Medical Rescue, the Aviation emergency ambulance service, individuals of the State Fire Service and Hospital accident wards have an equipment which will be compatible. With equipment which without no dilemmas will be used according to assigning him without anxiety that the use is equaling for loss of possessions or the exchange on worse or dirty. An next amendment to a bill about the National Medical rescue should obligatorily have regulations on the availability and compatibilities of equipment among others used in immobilizing traumatic and the National Health Fund should develop tough equipment principles in contracting services. All remarks and amendments to the provisions concerning the compatibility of equipment used in grudges they will have an intense influence on the quality of granted benefits in saving the health and the human life as well as will improve the comfort of the work of the paramedic.

Keywords: accident; immobilize; paramedic; tech; the practice; theory; trauma.

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Humans
  • Immobilization*
  • Wounds and Injuries*