• Injury · Jan 2016

    Medical and logistical challenges of trauma care in a 12-day cave rescue: A case report.

    • Thomas-Michael Schneider, Rino Bregani, Rok Stopar, Jacob Krammer, Martin Göksu, Natalie Müller, Michael Petermeyer, Johannes Schiffer, and Giacomo Strapazzon.
    • Intensivmedizin Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder, München, Germany.
    • Injury. 2016 Jan 1; 47 (1): 280-3.

    AimTo describe the case of a patient with a severe head injury at a depth of about 1000 m from the cave entrance in Bavaria, Germany, who received pre-hospital trauma care for 12 days until evacuation.ResultsSearch and rescue (SAR) operation involved 728 rescuers, 202 working directly in the cave (for a total of 9239 h) and 7 physicians from five countries. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had recovered completely and resumed his job.ConclusionThis case highlights several pitfalls of trauma care in complex SAR operations, which often rely on expert knowledge and are not yet evidence-based practice.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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