The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study.

Publication

The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study.

Journal Paper/Review - Aug 7, 2023

Jakob Dominik A, Müller Martin, Jud Sebastian, Albrecht Roland, Hautz Wolf E, Pietsch Urs

Citation

Jakob D, Müller M, Jud S, Albrecht R, Hautz W, Pietsch U. The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2023; 31:37.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2023; 31

Publication Date

Aug 7, 2023

Issn Electronic

1757-7241

Brief description/objective

Trauma related deaths remain a relevant public health problem, in particular in the younger male population. A significant number of these deaths occur prehospitally without transfer to a hospital. These patients, sometimes termed "the forgotten cohort", are usually not included in clinical registries, resulting in a lack of information about prehospitally trauma deaths. The aim of the present study was to compare patients who died prehospital with those who sustained life-threatening injuries in order to analyze and potentially improve prehospital strategies.