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Prehospital trauma care
  1. H R Guly
  1. Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.19.6.596-a

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      E Søreide, C M Grande, editors. (Pp 806; $195). Marcel Dekker, 2001. ISBN 0-8247-0537-8.

      There are many unanswered questions in prehospital trauma care (scoop and run or stay and play?; what is the role of doctors, helicopters or intravenous fluids?) but there are no simple answers and all depends on the problem, the distance from hospital, and the circumstances. This makes decision making difficult for both paramedics and for those who write protocols or guidelines. This book does not give answers but provides up to date evidence on which these decisions …

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