Pediatric Trauma Pre-Hospital Care

Virginija Žilinskaitė, Rūta Kvederienė Abstract Children and adolescent trauma is an important health problem in Lithuania. Appropriate initial patient status assessment and timely adequate pre-hospital care influence treatment results and outcome. Methods.All children aged from 0 to 18 years, transported by ambulance to the Vilnius University Children´s Hospital due to an accident in 2011 year,…

How fast is the help provided to the patient suffering from acute myocardial infarction and does it corresponds to the “golden hour” rule

Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary The work aims to investigate the time needed to provide help to STEMI patients and does the time spent correspond to the “Golden Hour” rule. Material and methods:357 cases of acute myocardial infarction were selected from the VU hospital SK sickness archive to perform the retrospective analysis in order to confirm…