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Philosophy providing non-invasive basic interventions and rapid transport to definitive health care facility. Interventions are usually basic and include non-invasive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), fracture splinting, full immobilization and oxygen administration. More relevant with BLS
Scoop and run is the approach of pre-hospital trauma care in which the patient is transported as fast as possible to the hospital without trying to stabilize him at the scene. The more advanced methods of pre-hospital care which are used in the stay and play approach aren’t used.
Stay and play is the approach of pre-hospital trauma care in which the patient receives treatment and/or stabilization on scene before being transported to the hospital. Following medical interventions are distinctive for the stay and play approach: intubation on scene in order to secure the airway, thoracotomy, placement of intravenous lines and starting the fluid resuscitation therapy, administration of medications on scene.
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The action or process of making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many thin layers of a material in succession.