ReviewEmergency medicine journal : EMJ2007
The prehospital management of pelvic fractures.
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- Pelvic fracture instability-associated L5 transverse process fracture, fact or myth? A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2018Pooled it
- The Norwegian guidelines for the prehospital management of adult trauma patients with potential spinal injury.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of non invasive external pelvic compression: a systematic review of the literature.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2016Pooled it
- An assessment of pelvic binder placement on patients referred to the Irish national centre for pelvic and acetabular fractures.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- The impact of traumatic injury on the respiratory system; a narrative review of injury-associated and clinically-induced mechanisms of trauma-associated pneumonia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- In Trauma Expect the Unexpected - A Case Report on Post-Traumatic Pancreatitis Associated with Superior Mesenteric Artery Pseudoaneurysm in Spinopelvic Fracture.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Positional Challenges of the Anteroposterior Pelvic X-Ray: Comparison of Imaging Reject Rates Between Trauma Trolley and Table Bucky.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2025Article
- The myth of 2.5 cm symphyseal diastasis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Review
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- Performance Assessment of Out-of-Hospital Use of Pelvic Circumferential Compression Devices for Severely Injured Patients in Switzerland: A Nationwide Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Management of pelvic ring fractures in limited resources country: a retrospective study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- How effective are different models of pelvic binders: results of a study using a Pelvic Emergency Simulator.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- Epidemiologic, Postmortem Computed Tomography-Morphologic and Biomechanical Analysis of the Effects of Non-Invasive External Pelvic Stabilizers in Genuine Unstable Pelvic Injuries.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- An overview of the key principles and guidelines in the management of pelvic fractures.Journal of perioperative practice · 2021Article
- In a simulated adult trauma patient, can pelvic binders be applied accurately by paramedics and HEMS paramedics? A pilot observational study.British paramedic journal · 2021Article
- Pelvic circumferential compression devices for prehospital management of suspected pelvic fractures: a rapid review and evidence summary for quality indicator evaluation.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Review
- Three Dimensional Quality Assessments of Applied Pelvic Binders.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2019Article
- Experience and Availability of Pelvic Binders at Swedish Trauma Units; A Nationwide Survey.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2018Article
- The Reliability of the Pre-hospital Physical Examination of the Pelvis: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study.World journal of surgery · 2016Article
- Prehospital control of life-threatening truncal and junctional haemorrhage is the ultimate challenge in optimizing trauma care; a review of treatment options and their applicability in the civilian trauma setting.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2016Review
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Abstract
Pelvic fractures are one of the potentially life-threatening injuries that should be identified during the primary survey in patients sustaining major trauma. Early suspicion, identification and management of a pelvic fracture at the prehospital stage is essential to reduce the risk of death as a result of hypovolaemia and to allow appropriate triage of the patient. The assessment and management of pelvic fractures in the prehospital environment is reviewed here. It is advocated that the pelvis should not be examined by palpation or springing, and that the patient should not be log rolled. Pelvic immobilisation should be used routinely if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture based on the mechanism of injury, symptoms and clinical findings.
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