[Diagnosis and first dressings of vascular injuries in emergency calls (author's transl)].

With vascular injuries, both the first measures at the site of the accident and also rapid transport (helicopter) to a central specialized hospital with possibilities for vascular surgical care are of decisive importance for the maintenance of life and limb of the patient. From our experience in 169 patients with vascular injuries which were treated between 1967 and 1975, observation of the diagnostic and therapeutic measures described is of the greatest importance for the prognosis of vascular trauma.