Dear Listmembers
Would it be realistic to assume that having a photograph which shows damage
to a vehicle involved in a RTA (MVA/MVC) conveys more information to
hospital staff about the forces that acted upon the patient than would
normally be gained via a verbal description given by the paramedics and
technicians? If this assumption is reasonable is there any evidence to
support it?
To save re-inventing the wheel I have a few questions for the list.
1) Does anyone have any experience of using photography (digital or
Polaroid) as a means of recording damage to vehicles following an RTA it
injury to passenger/driver/pedestrian/rider?
2) Are these photographs given to the receiving physicians/surgeons at the
hospital?
3) Is there any evidence available that scene photographs in any way
influence medical staff in their treatment of the trauma patient?
4) Have any studies been conducted that look at EMT or Paramedic accuracy at
interpreting the mechanism of injury based solely on looking at photographs
along with a brief scenario?
I require as much information as possible, particularly from inside the UK,
for my degree thesis so any input would be invaluable.
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Thanks to all
John Warwick REMT-P
London
Undergraduate in Paramedic Science
University of Hertfordshire
England
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