A Comparison of the Treatment of Severe Injuries Between the Former East and West

摘要: The authors presented a valuable and relevant analysis of the Trauma Registry (TR-DGU) German Society for Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Unfallchirurgie; DGU) in their article. In contrast to small single-center studies, study is important because it features comprehensive data trauma patients over time period from 1993 2008. meantime, such analyses have become essential are therefore crucial importance. Retrospective studies often limited terms identifying causes not all influencing factors can be identified post hoc, interpretation difficult (2). Although this retrospective did find any major differences analyzed target variables between old new states, highlights some issues very clearly: mean duration accident arrival emergency medical services Germany was 19±13 minutes 17±13 minutes, respectively, exceeds response times stipulated different federal mostly maximum 10–12 but no longer than 15 state (3). Strictly speaking, starts with incoming call at dispatch unit (not accident), accounts 1–2 negligible evaluation. Germany, hospital admission (76±35 versus 69±35 mins) treatment shock-room (65±40 72±43 min) much actual reality interdisciplinary S3 guideline on polytrauma, Association Scientific Medical Societies (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften, AWMF). order improve prognosis polytraumatized patients, serious structural deficiency Germany’s will eliminated. This would then further reduction polytrauma-induced mortality, since ad herence “golden hour shock” possible under these circumstances.