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oxygen to the patient till the
time the ambulance arrives and
safely transports the patient.
Could you share one case
that highlights effective
timely intervention?
We at the AIIMS Trauma
Centre, train police and people
in basic first aid. In one such
case for a patient lying on the
road, the first call was made
to the police dialling 100. The
need. In our own trauma in India to reduce the time by first responders on the scene
centres, we have got a triage providing necessary feedback to were the police personnel. The
protocol which categorizes the doctor on whether his/her police constable was trained
the patient into red, yellow actions in the emergency room in first aid and despite the fact
and green, depending upon is right or futile. that the victim was in cardiac
their severity of injury. There Herein lies a multitude of arrest, he revived the patient
are treatment protocols within pressing issues in the emergency on site, quickly transported
the emergency room such as care which need to be addressed the patient to the hospital and
Advanced Trauma Life Support to improve timely treatment of we were successfully able to
(ATLS) protocol. With the help injured patients. save the patient in time. This
of such protocols, we can demonstrates the power of
reduce the number of minutes How does public bystander training, or a lay
taken to resuscitate a patient, awareness and education person training, which is highly
and significantly lower the help? significant during the first hour,
mortality and morbidity rates. or golden hour of saving injured
Public education underscores patients.
What kind of twofold effects. The first Looking at the future,
advancements and is injury prevention, which what are the exciting
resources do you believe educates the public of various innovations aiding
are necessary for first aspects including the need to emergency care during the
responders of traffic- adhere to traffic rules, wear golden hour?
related accident patients helmets, and avoid drink and
or victims? drive. Such education will travel Utilization of artificial
a long way in changing the intelligence to detect the accident
It is critical to have good behaviour of drivers and road and inform the pre-hospital care
infrastructure of pre-hospital users for accidents not to occur workers is underway in the
care which includes robust in the first place. The second developed world. We should
ambulances and communication is even if accidents do occur adopt the same in India. Another
systems from the ambulances causing injuries, it is essential innovation is a computer
to the hospital. Pre-hospital to train bystanders, or lay generated decision making
notification is crucial, and people in first aid and how to algorithm wherein the duty
the hospital needs to know handle trauma victims, so when doctor is informed about the line
within a few minutes, how they encounter any accident of action for these patients. Apart
many patients are coming in, victim on the road, they are from technological innovations,
and within what time frame already well-equipped with there are surgical innovations
these patients will arrive at basic knowledge to take care coming along thick and fast,
the hospital. Furthermore, of him/her, call the ambulance like robotics and laparoscopic
within the hospital itself, the quickly, and do the needful to surgery that change the way we
technology must be updated stop bleeding, or at least supply treat a trauma patient. TT
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