Table 3 CPG priority topics emerging from a ranking exercise
Rank | Prehospital Care | Final Score (% of times topic was preferred over the alternative) | First Aid | Final Score (% of times topic was preferred over the alternative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Traumatic Brain Injuries | 63.1% | Chest injuries as a result of Road Traffic Accident (punctured lung etc.) | 57.4% |
2 | Haemorrhagic (and neurogenicb) shock management | 60.9% | Evacuation from a car due to a road traffic accident | 56.3% |
3 | Acute traumatic pain assessment and management | 56.0% | Responding to mental/psychological distress as a result of an injury/accident | 52.3% |
4 | Referral pathways for injuries | 55.6% | Responding to mental/psychological distress as a result of witnessing an injury/accident | 51.3% |
5 | Mass casualty management | 54.0% | Safe evacuation of a drowning victim | 50.8% |
6 | Airway management in the trauma patient | 53.1% | Emergency childbirth/delivery | 49.5% |
7 | Palliative (and ethical) care for injury, futility including Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and non-escalation of carea | 50.5% | Genital injuries due to Sexual and Gender Based Violence | 47.0% |
8 | Prehospital discharge for minor trauma | 50.4% | Removal of protective equipment/clothing from victims of road traffic accidents (eg Helmet, motorcycle boots etc.) | 46.7% |
9 | Trauma in pediatrics | 50.0% | Traumatic brain injuries | 45.6% |
10 | Gunshot injury | 46.1% | Lightening injury | 43.9% |
11 | Wound carea | 43.9% | Eye injuries (non-chemical) | 38.4% |
12 | Trauma in pregnant women | 43.4% | High Altitude sickness | 36.7% |
13 | Drowning, hypothermiab, and resuscitation | 43.0% | Â | Â |
14 | Infection prevention and controla | 42.8% | Â | Â |
15 | Spinal motion restriction and extrication | 41.9% | Â | Â |
16 | Burns | 41.6% | Â | Â |
17 | Geriatric trauma | 38.0% | Â | Â |
18 | Infectious disease and public health emergencies | 36.1% | Â | Â |