Description
Provide pre-hospital emergency medical care of simple and multiple system trauma, controlling haemorrhage, treating shock, bandaged wounds and immobilising painful, swollen, or deformed extremities, neck, or spine.
Alternative labels
provide prehospital emergency care of trauma
provide pre-hospital emergency trauma care
manage pre-hospital emergency care of trauma
manage pre-hospital emergency trauma care, apply prehospital emergency trauma management
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Provide pre-hospital emergency care of trauma is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Paramedic in emergency responses: Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
Optional skill
Provide pre-hospital emergency care of trauma is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
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