Use of ABCDE in caring for the traumatized
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v96i4p278-280Keywords:
Advanced trauma life support care/standards, Trauma centers/standards, Wounds and injuries, Critical pathways/standards.Abstract
The ABCDE is a mnemonic that standardizes initial care for the traumatized and defines an priorities in the approach to trauma. However, with a practical application of the protocols, this systematization undergoes modifications. This study systematize the main prehospital and hospital conduits that were successful in the assessment to the traumatized. For this, recent publications of national and international journals were analyzed. This study observed that an obstruction of the airway is faster cause of faster mortality in the polytraumatized, followed by disturbances in ventilation and breathing and hemorrhage. Therefore, an evaluation of the airways with cervical control should be the first step in the approach to trauma. With this systematization defined by the ABCDE, it is possible to direct care to polytraumatized and, therefore, reduce mortality.