Providing medical care to victims with inhalation trauma at the stage of emergency medical care: problems, solutions

The  aim  of  the  study:  to  improve  the  results  of  treatment  of  victims  with  inhalation  injury  by  reducing the frequency of defects in the provision of medical care at the stages of emergency care.  Objectives of  the  research:  to  study  the  frequency  of  inhalation  injury  and  to  actualize  the  problems  of  treatment of this nosology at various stages of medical care; to analyze the main defects, to develop organization‑al and technological proposals.  Material and methods: to achieve this goal and objectives, a   retrospective analysis of 111   medical histories of victims hospitalized in the clinical units of the burn center of the St. Petersburg  I. I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine in the period 2020–2022  was performed.  Conclusions:  the search for ways to improve the results of treatment of patients with inhalation injury remains relevant. Predictors of respiratory tract damage at the prehospital stage were ignored in 67.6% of observations, which led to a  violation of algorithms for providing medical care to patients.

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