TACTICAL PROCEDURE IN ACCIDENT WITH HYPOTHERMIA
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1. Gather necessary informations
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State of consciousness?
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Respiration / Artificial respiration?
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Resuscitation?
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Additional injuries?
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Age (in children)?
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Location and expected time of patient transfer?
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Select appropriate clinic!
(Must the patient into a hospital within the SARRRAH®-Project in northern Germany with heart-lung machine?)
2. Select hospital within the SARRRAH®-Project
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Selection of the next tactically and medically appropriate hospital, in consultation with the primary care doctor.
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Contact the hospital within the SARRRAH®-Project!
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The on-duty senior physician / physician station require:
"Is the acquisition of a patient with hypothermia in the above specified state in about ... Minutes / hours possible?"
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Inform the hospital again when the arrival time is actually predictable!
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