Immediate rescue

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The term immediate rescue describes the quick rescue of a patient from danger to life. In the past, the term crash rescue (from English : Crash Rescue or Crash Recovery System ) also existed for this purpose , but its direct translation in German can lead to incorrect assumptions. The need for an immediate rescue can originate from the environment, such as the risk of explosion or collapse, or from the organism of the person concerned.

There is then no time for a gentle rescue, in which if possible no further injuries should occur, but which can sometimes be more protracted. The patient must be rescued from this dangerous situation as quickly as possible in order to save his life. Comprehensive diagnostics are dispensed with and possible additional damage is accepted, taking into account the principle of proportionality. Here the priority is clearly to support life. Immediate rescue is usually indicated by an on-site emergency doctor. Nonetheless, immediate rescue must also be counted as part of a patient-friendly rescue , since the choice of this rescue method is made on the basis of the patient's condition.

Indications

Examples for the indication of an immediate rescue:

  • Entrapment after a traffic accident with acutely life-threatening injuries (heavy bleeding) or failure of vital functions (cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest or unconsciousness), which cannot be treated in the vehicle,
  • acute risk of a building collapsing or a car crashing,
  • Fire that cannot be extinguished promptly and threatens the patient and the ambulance service personnel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ vfdb guideline 06/01 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 301 kB) Definition of immediate rescue @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vfdb.de
  2. ↑ Th. Schneider: Pocket Atlas Emergency & Rescue Medicine, p. 315, 4th edition 2010, Springer-Verlag
  3. ↑ Immediate rescue is also patient-oriented www.unfallrettung.com