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NCEPOD: Trauma - Who Cares? - London Health Programmes

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Chapter 6 – Airway and breathing 62Introduction 62Results 62Case study 1 68Key fi ndings 68Recommendations 68References 69Chapter 7 – Management of circulation 70Introduction 70Results 71Case study 2 72Case study 3 76Key fi ndings 81Recommendations 82References 82Chapter 8 – Head injury management 85Introduction 85Results 85Prehospital data 86Hospital data 91Case study 4 97Case study 5 104Key fi ndings 108Recommendations 109References 109Chapter 10 – Transfers 118Introduction 118Results 119Case study 6 123Case study 7 123Key fi ndings 124Recommendations 124References 125Chapter 11 – Incidence of traumaand organisation of trauma services 126Introduction 126Results 126Discussion 128Key fi ndings 131Recommendations 131References 132Appendix A – Glossary 133Appendix B – Injury severity score 134Appendix C – Adult and paediatricGlasgow Coma Scale 135Appendix D – An example of an excellentPatient Report Form (PRF) 138Chapter 9 – Paediatric care 112Organisational data 112Clinical data 114Key fi ndings 116Recommendations 116References 117Appendix E – Level 1 trauma care 140Appendix F – Participation 141Appendix G – Corporate structure 1483

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