Prehospitally
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Before a patient's admission to hospital. not-comparable
"Traditionally, early endotracheal intubation–as the gold standard of airway management–has been advocated for TBI patients with a GCS score ≤ 8, but this dogma is currently being challenged by publications that suggest higher mortality in patients who are prehospitally intubated."
Example
More examples"Traditionally, early endotracheal intubation–as the gold standard of airway management–has been advocated for TBI patients with a GCS score ≤ 8, but this dogma is currently being challenged by publications that suggest higher mortality in patients who are prehospitally intubated."
Etymology
From prehospital + -ly.
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