Authors
Josipa Karić, Institute of Emergency Medicine of Lika-Senj County, Gospić branch
Kata Ivanišević, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
Article type:
Original Scientific Paper
Abstract:
Treatment of multitraumatized patients begins at the site of the accident, continues during transport, and proceeds at the hospital facility, with emphasis on the method of simultaneous diagnosis and treatment. When dealing with polytrauma, it is important to act quickly and efficiently with full team cooperation. The Outpatient Emergency Medical Service is an excellent example of medical teamwork, demonstrating the importance of each team member. Nurses and doctors who wish to work in ER teams need to be well-educated, capable, resourceful, ready for teamwork, able to cope with stressful situations, and prepared for frequent deaths. They should also be able to make clinical decisions consistently and autonomously under pressure and time constraints, maintaining self-control.
This paper analyzes data from the Institute of Emergency Medicine of Lika-Senj County regarding 7,035 interventions by outpatient emergency medical teams. It is evident that only 0.30% of these interventions (22 cases) involved polytrauma, yet with a high survival rate of 81%, which is directly related to the high level of readiness of emergency medical teams.
Keywords:
polytrauma, emergency medical aid, intervention, nurse.