Prehospitale zorg aan polytraumapatiënten in Nederland

This thesis evaluates the prehospital care and outcomes of severely injured patients. Chapter 1 addresses the impact of trauma on society and presents a brief outline of this thesis with description of the different studies that are reported. Chapter 2 describes the patients who were studied and the methods that were used. The studies had a prospective cohort design. Data were collected on 507 trauma patients with multiple injuries, with a Hospital Trauma Index-Injury Severity Score (HTI-ISS) of 16 or more. Data were also collected on 574 victims of non-natural death during the same period (19... Mehr ...