Challenges in the PREHOSPITAL emergency management of geriatric trauma patients - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a widely acknowledged increase in older people presenting with traumatic injury in western populations there remains a lack of research into the optimal prehospital management of this vulnerable patient group. Research into this cohort faces many uniqu1e challenges, such as inconsistent definitions, variable physiology, non-linear presentation and multi-morbidity. This scoping review sought to summarise the main challenges in providing prehospital care to older trauma patients to improve the care for this vulnerable group.

Methods and findings

A scoping review was performed searching Google Scholar, PubMed and Medline from 2000 until 2020 for literature in English addressing the management of older trauma patients in both the prehospital arena and Emergenc

SUBMITTER: Eichinger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8305876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature