Management of patient with cranial trauma in prehospital care.

The bachelor thesis is entitled: "Management of patient with cranial trauma in prehospital care". The teorethical part thoroughly deals with the characteristic of craniocerebral trauma and its management in prehospital emergency care. There is an overview of anatomy and physiology of head with an emphasis on perfusion and brain vascular supply. Further ways of origin, types, symptoms and assesment of the severity of craniocerebral injuries. Within the management of prehospital care, the teorethical part deals with the individual steps in examination and stabilising the patient and thr pointing to the target medical institution for final treatment. In the practical part there were set two objetives. The first objective was to map the issue of cranial trauma and the management of the patient with cranial trauma in prehospital care, based on expert literature. The second objective was to evaluate the practical procedure for six cases and how much it actually matches with the recomended procedure. A qualitative research approach was used to process the research part. The data was collected in form od cases reports, which were subsequently categorized into nine categories. According to the results, there was found that the paramedics are partly familiar and control the procedures for patient examination, its monitoring and the criteria for its targeting to the definitive health facility. The management problems may result into unequal use of fixation tools and inconsistency in the use of pharmacotherapy and volume therapy. The output of this bachelor thesis could serve as a basis for teaching paramedics dealing with craniocerebral injury and management in prehospital care. Furthermore, the work could be used to increase or supplement the awarness of paramedics when they meet a patient with trauma brain injury