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Vinony

prehospitally

adverb

  1. occurring before or during transportation to a hospital
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From prehospital + -ly.

  1. Before a patient's admission to hospital.

    “Traditionally, early endotracheal intubation–as the gold standard of airway management–has been advocated for TBI patients with a GCS score ≤ 8, but this dogma is currently being challenged by publications that suggest higher mortality in patients who are prehospitally intubated.”