The initial trauma check is the fastest possible detection of life-threatening injuries, which are for further treatment and transport of patients is important. In principle, all possible regions of body to be examined; the scope of investigation is necessarily adapted to situation. It will be manually examined for signs of traumatic impact head, shoulder girdle, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, pelvis, legs and feet (gastric sleeve surgery in Mexico).

The following frequently used terms refer to parts medicine: Saving Medicine designates in particular the outside carried out by appropriate medical facilities (preclinical) Medicine. However, it is neither technically nor the content medicine at the facility - a hospital in rule - to separate. Disaster Medicine refers to aspect medicine, the individual medical aspects can occur in background for a major incident or disaster due to large number of people affected. The transitions are fluid.

The NeuroCheck is used to test the functioning of nervous system of a physically disabled person. This sensitivity can be (pain sensation), motor skills, strength and blood flow studied. Particular importance to this investigation for suspected spinal injury or non-oriented patients. The investigation includes: pupil (light sensitivity, etc.), sensitivity (eg pain response in extremities by pinching in both hands / legs.) (Hands and legs move), motor skills, muscle strength (handshake should be the same on both hands), blood flow (pressure on finger nail). For emergency medical diagnostics usually are instrumental possibilities available. However, the equipment may vary in individual cases from site to site.

Therefore, the primary emergency medical care takes place in all rule out an appropriate medical facility. So the core tasks of emergency medicine are also the professional rescue and storage of patients, preparing and maintaining the portability and the care and treatment of emergency patients under the transport conditions in, at least for primary therapy appropriate, the hospital (or other suitable location); there are, especially in rural regions, transport times of several hours possible. In United States limited the preclinical intervention of emergency physicians on air ambulance and mobile intensive care units.

Depending on the size and scope of retracted from the ambulance service medical facilities is there an emergency room as an interface (timely existing suitable space, suitable personnel, appropriate equipment) available to as quickly as possible to supply the with the measures of pre-hospital emergency medicine patients receiving initial treatment of secondary medical care.

The goal of emergency medical therapy are the permanent restore vital body functions and minimizing permanent impairment of emergency patients. The first step in treatment is, therefore, the introduction of life-saving emergency measures. When cardiac arrest occurs immediately the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, if necessary (for ventricular fibrillation, flutter or pulseless ventricular tachycardia) including defibrillation.

The contents of training course are extensive. Among them are the legal and organizational basis of emergency service. In addition, the procedures for mass casualties and patients including screening. The invention also provides psychiatric emergencies and appropriate measures for the diagnosis and treatment of acute disorders of vital functions.

The reliable detection of acute, of life-threatening disorders is the foundation of a successful emergency medical treatment. Main features of this exploratory measures first contact with the emergency patients are known from the first-aid training as a diagnostic block a large part of population. Due to shortness of time available to handle devices are usually quick and straightforward to use. In addition, abbreviated study courses have been developed to keep a loss of time in initiating acute necessary measures, or the assessment of morbidity / injury pattern, as low as possible for medicine.