Table 1 Survey Questions and Participant Responses
Question | Responses | % (n) | n total |
|---|---|---|---|
Is your hospital’s guideline for pelvic fracture management based on a published guideline or algorithm? | EAST | 43% (9) | 21 |
WTA | 29% (6) | ||
TQIP | 14% (3) | ||
ATLS | 10% (2) | ||
Other | 5% (1) | ||
In what year was the guideline that your hospital is using for the management of pelvic fractures published? | 1995 | 7% (1) | 14 |
2008 | 7% (1) | ||
2010 | 7% (1) | ||
2011 | 7% (1) | ||
2013 | 14% (2) | ||
2014 | 7% (1) | ||
2015 | 14% (2) | ||
2016 | 21% (3) | ||
2017 | 7% (1) | ||
2018 | 7% (1) | ||
Does your hospital guideline for pelvic fracture management include the transfusion of blood products? | Yes | 78% (28) | 36 |
No | 22% (8) | ||
Does your hospital guideline for pelvic fracture management specify when to consider the massive transfusion protocol? | Yes | 69% (25) | 36 |
No | 31% (11) | ||
Does your hospital’s guideline for pelvic fracture management specify to provide blood products or fluids to the patients, not including massive transfusion protocol products? | Yes | 33% (12) | 36 |
No | 67% (22) | ||
Does your hospital use PCCD for hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures? | Yes | 100% (27) | 27 |
No | 0% (0) | ||
Does your hospital’s paramedic agency require training for the application of pre-hospital PCCDs? PCCDs include pelvic binders and pelvic sheets. | Yes | 71% (25) | 35 |
No | 29% (10) | ||
Does the paramedic training state to apply pre-hospital PCCDs on all patients with a suspected pelvic fracture? | Yes | 44% (11) | 25 |
No | 56% (14) |