Management of Polytraumatized Patients: Challenges and Insights into Air Transfer.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Despite the potential benefits for the patient, aerospace interventions pose significant risks. Pre-hospital triage and patient transport are two essential elements for achieving an organized system of trauma. The advantages and disadvantages of using land transport from the scene of the accident to the trauma centers have been extensively studied, but there are gaps for air transport, and their exact level of efficiency is not known.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The present study includes a total number of 77 patients, present at SMURD Galați air service for polytraumas caused by various mechanisms, with pluri-regional involvement. The identification of patients, as well as the selection of the most important anamnestic data, was performed after signing a confidentiality agreement; subsequently, all this information was introduced in centralized tables made in the statistical program IBM SPSS Statistics V24.

RESULTS

Out of the total of 77 polytraumatized patients who needed air transfer, an average age of 17.3 years will be noted, with a predominance of males in a 2:1 ratio. Most polytraumas are due to road accidents (74%) and patients with minimal tri-regional damage (51.4%).

CONCLUSIONS

Taking into account the existing statistics in this research, it is important to implement prevention elements, designed based on the profile of the polytraumatized patient. Thus, accessing the most important characteristics of these patients can be an extremely important starting point in reducing the incidence of polytrauma or even patient deaths.