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Publication 09-2020                                

Epidemiology, Prehospital Characteristics and Outcomes of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in The Netherlands: The BRAIN-PROTECT Study

(click on study title for link for this Open Acces article)

“This comprehensive overview summarizes the the prehospital epidemiology, characteristics and outcome of severe TBI in the Netherlands, and highlights areas in which primary prevention and prehospital care can be improved.”

Publication 11-2019

Dutch Prospective Observational Study on Prehospital Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: The BRAIN-PROTECT Study Protocol

(click on study title for link for this Open Acces article)

“Current prehospital treatment of patients with suspected severe TBI is based on marginal evidence, and optimal treatment is basically unknown. The BRAIN-PROTECT study provides the unique opportunity to evaluate and compare different treatment strategies with respect to patient outcomes. This article describes the BRAIN-PROTECT study protocol.”

BRAIN-PROTECT is a Dutch multi-center research project founded to investigate the epidemiology of and to make improvements on the prehospital treatment of severe traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients.

Ambulance Personnel, Helicopter Mobile Medical Teams, Emergency Physicians and Trauma Centers work together within this consortium with the aim to improve treatment and outcome of patients suffering from severe TBI. Currently, patient inclusion has stopped.