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Table 1 Survey Questions and Participant Responses

From: Utilization of pre-hospital pelvic circumferential compression devices for pelvic fractures: survey of U.S. level I trauma centers

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)
  1. EAST eastern association for the surgery of trauma, WTA western trauma association, TQIP trauma quality improvement project, ATLS advanced trauma life support, PCCD pelvic circumferential compression device