Pre-hospital recording of vital data in the severely head injured patient

doi:10.1186/1757-7241-17-S1-O2

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volume 17
Suppl 1

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This article is part of the supplement: The Third Annual London Trauma Conference .

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Pre-hospital recording of vital data in the severely head injured patient

Andreas Krüger¹^,2 , Oddvar Uleberg³ and Eirik Skogvoll¹^,2

¹Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Norway

²Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

³Department of anaesthesia and emergency medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Norway

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from The Third Annual London Trauma Conference
London, UK. 12–14 November 2008

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009, 17(Suppl 1):O2doi:10.1186/1757-7241-17-S1-O2


Published:	24 February 2009

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Recent guidelines on pre-hospital management of TBI emphasize the prevention of hypotension and hypoxemia [1]. Our aim was to assess pre-hospital documentation of vital signs among patients with suspected traumatic brain injury.