RESUMO
INTRODUCTION: In Mexico, physicians have become part of public service prehospital care. Head injured patients are a sensitive group that can benefit from early advanced measures to protect the airway, with the objective to reduce hypoxia and maintain normocapnia. PROBLEM: The occurrence of endotracheal intubation to patients with severe head injuries by prehospital physicians working at Mexico City's Service of Emergency Medical Care (SAMU) is unknown. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of five-year data (2012-2016) from Mexico City's Medical Emergencies Regulation Center was performed. Only SAMU ambulance services were analyzed. Adult patients with a prehospital diagnosis of head injury based on mechanism of injury and physical examination with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Assuntos
Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/epidemiologia
, Serviços Médicos de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos
, Intubação Intratraqueal/estatística & dados numéricos
, Padrões de Prática Médica/estatística & dados numéricos
, Adolescente
, Adulto
, Idoso
, Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais
, Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/patologia
, Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/terapia
, Feminino
, Escala de Coma de Glasgow
, Humanos
, Masculino
, México/epidemiologia
, Pessoa de Meia-Idade
, Estudos Retrospectivos
, Adulto Jovem