Guidelines Recommended Guidelines for Diagnostics and Therapy in Trauma Surgery Recommended Guidelines for Polytrauma* 137 European Journal of Trauma 2001 · No. 3 © Urban & Vogel European Journal of Trauma Guideline Committee of the German Registered Society for Trauma Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie) Prof. Dr. K.M. Stürmer, Göttingen (chairman) PD Dr. K. Dresing, Göttingen (author in charge) Prof. Dr. M. Blauth, Innsbruck PD Dr. F. Bonnaire, Dresden Prof. Dr. W. Braun, Augsburg Prof. Dr. N.M. Meenen, Hamburg Prof. Dr. H. Siebert, Schwäbisch Hall Prof. Dr. E.G. Suren, Heilbronn Dr. B. Wittner, Stuttgart In collaboration with The Polytrauma Association of the German Registered Society for Trauma Surgery represented by: Prof. Dr. H.-J. Oestern, Celle (chairman) Prof. Dr. D. Nast-Kolb, Essen Key Words Abbreviated Injury Scale · Abdomen · Abdominal injury · Accident · Acute reanimation phase · Age · Airborne rescue · Airway obstruction · AIS · Amputations · Analysis of accident · Artificial respiration · Asservation of ampu- tated limbs · Basic shock room team · Capacity · Central alarming system · Central neurologic status · Chest · Chest injury · Chest tube · Circulation · Circulatory therapy · Classification · Clinical therapy · Communication · Com- plications · Compression bandages · Computer tomogra- phy · Crush injury · Deceleration trauma · Destination hos- pital · DGU Trauma Form · Diagnostic difficulties · Diagnostics · DIVI Protocol · Documentation · Emergency amputation · Emergency diagnostics · Emergency operat- ing theater · Emergency operation · Emergency therapy · Emergency treatment · Epidemiology · Etiology · Extended shock room team · External signs of injury · Extremities · Facial cranium · Falling trauma · Fluid replacement thera- py · GCS · Glasgow Coma Scale · Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) · Ground-based means of recovery · Head trauma · Headquarters · Hemostasis · Impairment of respiratory function · Impalement injury · Infrastructure · Infusion therapy · Injury Severity Score · Instability · Intubation · ISS · Laboratory tests · Life-saving immediate measures · Life-saving surgery · Limbs · Load and Go · Logistics · Manifest severe shock · Means of recovery · Mechanism of injury · Microcirculation · Monitoring · Multiple injuries · Neurologic deficiencies · Operative procedures · Open injury · Organ failure · Organ systems · Oxygen supply · Pattern of injury · Pelvic injury · Penetration injury · Police, Polytrauma key · Postoperative treatment · Preclinical · Prevention · Previous illness · Primary phase · Prognosis · PTS · Pupil status · Radiology · Rehabilitation · Rehabilita- tion phase · Reposition · Reposition hindrance · Rescue · Rescue headquarters · Rescue procedures · Rescue services · Respiration · Respiratory arrest · Revised Trauma Score · Risk · Road traffic accidents · RTS · Secondary phase · Securing the scene of the accident · Severity of injury · Shock room · Shock room team · Situation at scene of accident · Skull · Soft tissue injury · Sonography · Spinal column · Spinal injury · Splinting · Stabilization phase · Symptoms of paraplegia · Tamponade · Telemedicine · Tension pneumothorax · Tertiary phase · Thoracic decom- pression · Thoracic injury · Thorax · Thorax drainage · Time of transport · Transport · Transportability · Trauma center · Trauma Surgery Guidelines · Triage · TRISS · Type of injury · Unstable thorax · Urgent operation · Urgent surgical procedures · Vacuum mattress · Vital functions Eur J Trauma 2001;27:137–50 DOI 10.1007/s00068-001-1148-x * © Guideline Committee of the German Registered Society for Trauma Surgery.