Der Unfallchirurg
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Do drones have the potential to become established as a new member of the rescue chain? This article attempts to provide answers to this important question. In addition to a brief historical review, the many possible applications are described. ⋯ This shows how far developments have come today and which applications are conceivable in the near future. The associated challenges, such as compliance with legal requirements or training, are also addressed.
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The Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service has always shown a great interest in innovations, chances and possibilities. Against this background, in 2012 the construction of a new structure was initiated, the localization, communication and situation report team (LKLD: Lokalisation, Kommunikation und Lagedarstellung), which uses modern techniques, such as the GPS, mobile internet, thermal imaging, residual light amplification and drones. ⋯ Motivated by these successes and by the political appreciation of their voluntary work, dedicated work is being carried out on further innovations. Under consideration are automated flights far beyond the range of visibility, transport of materials and drones which can carry passengers.
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Informative, participatory clinical decision-making needs to combine both skills and expertise as well as current scientific evidence. The flood of digital information makes it difficult in everyday clinical practice to keep up to date with the latest publications. ⋯ Randomized controlled trials (RCT, with all modern modifications) deliver undistorted results but in orthopedic and trauma surgery can lead to a heavily selected nonrepresentative sample and the results must be confirmed or refuted by further, independent RCTs. Large-scale observational data (e.g. from registries) can be modelled in a quasi-experimental manner and accompany RCTs in health technology assessment.
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Severely injured patients need a qualified and seamless rehabilitation after the end of the acute treatment. This post-acute rehabilitation (phase C) places high demands on the rehabilitation facility in terms of personnel, material, organizational and spatial requirements. The working group on trauma rehabilitation of the German Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology e. V. (DGOU) and other experts have agreed on requirements for post-acute phase C rehabilitation for seriously injured people. ⋯ A seamless transition to the follow-up and further treatment of seriously injured people in the TraumaNetzwerk DGU® is ensured through a high level of qualification and the corresponding infrastructure of supraregional trauma rehabilitation centers. This also places new demands on the TraumaZentren DGU®. Only if these are met can the treatment and rehabilitation of seriously injured people be optimized.