Protocol for a prospective observational study to improve prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to trauma centres in India

• Main Authors: Mitra, Biswadev, Mathew, Joseph, Gupta, Amit, Cameron, Peter, O'Reilly, Gerard, Soni, Kapil Dev, Kaushik, Gaurav, Howard, Teresa, Fahey, Madonna, Stephenson, Michael, Kumar, Vineet, Vyas, Sharad, Dharap, Satish, Patel, Pankaj, Thakor, Advait, Sharma, Naveen, Walker, Tony, Misra, Mahesh Chandra, Gruen, Russell, Fitzgerald, Mark
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Accident and Emergency Medicine; Ambulance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107559; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45364
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Prehospital notification of injured patients enables prompt and timely care in hospital through adequate preparation of trauma teams, space, equipment and consumables necessary for resuscitation, and may improve outcomes. In India, anecdotal reports suggest that prehospital notificatio...