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Polytrauma and the Unconscious Athlete

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During athletic activity, there is always a realistic risk of serious injury. The quantum of injury suffered is directly proportional to the force of external forces, which the athlete bears. Providing rapid medical care and immediate transportation to the nearest equipped medical center should be the primary objective of the primary caregivers. The injury pattern and the initial therapy influence the prognosis and the subsequent rehabilitation of the athlete.

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  1. Department of Trauma Surgery, Caritas Krankenhaus St. Josef Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Daniel Mahr

  2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Himanshu Bhayana

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  1. SportDocsFranken, Nuremberg, Germany

    Werner Krutsch

  2. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Hermann O. Mayr

  3. UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Volker Musahl

  4. Education and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, Bologna, Italy

    Francesco Della Villa

  5. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philippe M. Tscholl

  6. Hospital da Luz, Setubal, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic, Montijo, Portugal

    Henrique Jones

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Mahr, D., Bhayana, H. (2020). Polytrauma and the Unconscious Athlete. In: Krutsch, W., Mayr, H.O., Musahl, V., Della Villa, F., Tscholl, P.M., Jones, H. (eds) Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_16

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