Pre-Hospital Trauma Care in the COVID-19 era

Mazzoli, C.A.; Tartaglione, M.; Gamberini, L.; Lupi, C.; Semeraro, F.; Chiarini, V.; Coniglio, C.; Gordini, G.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a health emergency scenario quickly emerged and put the Italian National Health System to the test. The Pre-hospital Emergency Care has undergone several changes to cope with this situation, several Authors and Scientific Societies have addressed the peculiar aspects of cardiological emergencies but, until now, little has been written about pre-hospital trauma care. In this letter, we discuss all the aspects and changes derived from the experience of the Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center. Regardless of how this pandemic will evolve, the new peculiarities of the trauma patient approach could be permanently changed.