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Table 2 Description of pre-hospital life-sustaining treatments among SMUR patients (n = 2513)

From: Medical pre-hospital management reduces mortality in severe blunt trauma: a prospective epidemiological study

 

All patients

By GCS* score

 

n/N†

%

<8%

8 to 13%

>13%

Venous line

2,400/2,431

98.7

99.8

98.8

97.9

Crystalloids

1,690/2,386

70.8

72.4

69.1

70.6

Colloids

1,119/2,385

46.9

54.9

37.8

45.1

Mannitol

84/2,385

3.5

8.5

2.4

0.3

Catecholamines

284/2,456

11.6

22.1

8.7

5.2

Tracheal intubation

1,258/2,484

50.6

98.0

54.1

14.1

Mechanical ventilation

1,222/2,484

49.2

97.5

53.4

13.5

Blood products

81/2,463

3.3

3.7

3.1

2.8

Chest tube

45/2,450

1.8

2.0

1.5

1.7

  1. * Glasgow coma scale
  2. † n, number of patients with specified treatment; N, number of patients with available information about specified treatment. SMUR, Service Mobile d'Urgences et de Réanimation