Traumaversorgung einer schwerstverletzten schwangeren Patientin

Background

Trauma management of pregnant patients is a particularly challenging task for the emergency room team.

Case report

This article reports the case of a 36-year-old patient in the last trimester of pregnancy after an epilepsy-related fall from a great height. The necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures concerning the mother should not be avoided due to an assumed protection of the fetus. Any delay in these procedures can endanger the lives of both the mother and the unborn child.