By J. F. Baskett (auth.), G. Berlot MD, H. Delooz MD, A. Gullo MD (eds.)

Trauma has assumed a renowned function in modern drugs as an occasion which may considerably impact medical variables akin to morbidity, practical deficits and consequential incapacity, and mortality. Trauma is the important reason for loss of life within the inhabitants lower than forty years of age in industrialized coun­ attempts. consequently, there's nice curiosity in learning worrying occasions from either the scientific and epidemiological viewpoints. the significance of trauma is exem­ plified by way of the truth that in lots of nations the trauma sufferer is first handled in really good "trauma centers", during which the diagnostic and remedy approaches are facilitated by way of the 24-hour presence of team of workers having interdisciplinary knowledge. Trauma during this context comprises any acute, usually unforeseen, situation. some of the clinical problems linked to trauma ensue in a comparatively short interval that spans from the 1st demand support to the initiation of first reduction measures. an accurate strategy is dependent upon the supply of skilled body of workers. the 1st measures of reduction needs to warrantly, certainly, the patient's survival. the main severe, preliminary stages of care to trauma sufferers are represented by means of the triad: first reduction, triage, and delivery. particular morbidity indices, even if anatomical, func­ tional or combined, are imperative parts for tracking a patient's medical evolution. The quick availability of "essential" medicines is central to con­ entrance the scientific occasions that frequently found in the extreme post-traumatic phase.

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Paramedics (RS), however, had no profession comparable to that of any other workers in the German health system [18]. In September 1989, the education of paramedics was changed fundamentally: the theoretical and practical training at school was extended to a 1200 h course and an additional 1 600 h of practical education at special ambulance dispatching stations. The training now lasts 2 years and ends with an extensive state certification procedure. Fully trained paramedics (RA) who have achieved this certification are awarded the official professional title "Rettungsassistent:' Paramedics may work as full-time employees (fire brigade and private ambulance companies or medical rescue organizations) or as volunteers (medical rescue organizations only).

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