Crush syndrome: a review for prehospital providers and emergency clinicians

Table 1 Key factors when considering amputations for CS

Factor	Details
Global patient	Presence of uncontrollable hemodynamic instability
Limb-specific	Extensive and concurrent soft tissue, bone, vascular and/or nerve injuries
	Prolonged limb ischemia
Mechanism of injury	Blunt arterial trauma
	CIs

The key factors are categorized into three subgroups: global patient factors, limb-specific factors, and injury mechanism factors, and details are shown for each. Amputation is generally performed when there are elements from at least two of these subgroups present

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