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Table 5 New model for prehospital trauma handover

From: National consensus on communication in prehospital trauma care, the DENIM study

1.

Male / Female

2.

Child / Adult

3.

MOI

4.

Injuries

5.

A: Free / Potentially threatened / Threatened

6.

B: Bradypnea / Eupnea / Tachypnea

7.

C: Bradycardia / Normocardia / Tachycardia

 Peripheral pulse

 Blood Loss

8.

D: Loss of consciousness

 AVPU

 Neurological deviations (pupillary defects, lateralization, open brain injury)

9.

Given treatment

10.

Relevant medical history

  1. MOI: Mechanism of injury, AVPU: alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive), AVPU: acronym for “Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive”