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The guideline is intended to stimulate further discussi<strong>on</strong> to optimize the care <strong>of</strong> severely injured<br />
pers<strong>on</strong>s. C<strong>on</strong>structive criticism is therefore expressly welcomed. Ideally, any amendments<br />
should be briefly summarized, backed up by references <strong>and</strong> forwarded to the publisher.<br />
Apart from the terms <strong>of</strong> reference <strong>of</strong> this guideline, it is intended to draw up interdisciplinary<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the <strong>on</strong>going process management <strong>of</strong> severely injured pers<strong>on</strong>s during the<br />
S3 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Guideline</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Treatment</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Patients</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Severe</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Multiple</strong> Injuries The guideline is intended to stimulate further discussi<strong>on</strong> to optimize the care <strong>of</strong> severely injured pers<strong>on</strong>s. C<strong>on</strong>structive criticism is therefore expressly welcomed. Ideally, any amendments should be briefly summarized, backed up by references <strong>and</strong> forwarded to the publisher. Apart from the terms <strong>of</strong> reference <strong>of</strong> this guideline, it is intended to draw up interdisciplinary recommendati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the <strong>on</strong>going process management <strong>of</strong> severely injured pers<strong>on</strong>s during the acute <strong>and</strong> post-acute phase. - 3 -
S3 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Guideline</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Treatment</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Patients</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Severe</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Multiple</strong> Injuries A.1 Publisher/experts/medical societies/authors The resp<strong>on</strong>sibility for this guideline lies <strong>with</strong> the German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e. V.). The following medical societies were involved in drawing up the guideline: German Society <strong>of</strong> General <strong>and</strong> Visceral Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie e. V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Anesthesiology <strong>and</strong> Intensive Care Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin e. V ) German Society <strong>of</strong> Endovascular <strong>and</strong> Vascular Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie und Gefäßmedizin e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> H<strong>and</strong> Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für H<strong>and</strong>chirurgie e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head <strong>and</strong> Neck Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Oral <strong>and</strong> Maxill<strong>of</strong>acial Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Neurosurgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Thoracic Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie e.V.) German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e.V.) German Society <strong>of</strong> Urology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie e.V.) German Radiology Society (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft e.V.) Moderati<strong>on</strong>, coordinati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> project management The German Trauma Society as the lead medical associati<strong>on</strong> has devolved central coordinati<strong>on</strong> for this guideline to the Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (Institut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin) (IFOM). The tasks were: � coordinati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the project group � methods support <strong>and</strong> quality assurance � systematic literature search � procurement <strong>of</strong> literature � data administrati<strong>on</strong> � structural <strong>and</strong> editorial harm<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the guideline texts - 4 -
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