A case report of field amputation: the rescue of an entrapped patient through the "doctor car" systemopen access
- Authors
- Yu, Byungchul; Lee, Gil Jae; Lee, Min A; Choi, Kang Kook; Gwak, Jihun; Park, Youngeun; Yoon, Yong-Cheol; Cho, Jayun; Lee, Seung Hwan; Lee, Jungnam
- Issue Date
- Aug-2022
- Publisher
- 대한외상학회
- Keywords
- Amputation; Emergency medical services; Trauma centers; Case reports
- Citation
- 대한외상학회지, v.35, pp.27 - 30
- Journal Title
- 대한외상학회지
- Volume
- 35
- Start Page
- 27
- End Page
- 30
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/85350
- DOI
- 10.20408/jti.2022.0012
- ISSN
- 1738-8767
- Abstract
- In certain circumstances, invasive procedures such as creation of a surgical airway, insertion of a chest drain, intraosseous puncture, or amputation in the field are necessary. These invasive procedures can save lives. However, emergency medical service teams cannot perform such procedures according to the law in Korea. The upper arm of a 29-year-old male patient was stuck in a huge machine and the emergency medical service team could not rescue the patient. A doctor-car team was dispatched to the scene and the team performed the filed amputation to extricate the patient. He was brought to the trauma center immediately and underwent formal above-elbow amputation. Here we describe a case of field amputation to rescue a patient through a “doctor car” system, along with a literature review.
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