Table 3: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Guideline Searches

E1	It is a guideline
E2	The guideline contains recommendations on the subject of trauma
E3	The guideline contains recommendations for the treatment of polytrauma and/or severely injured patients
E4	The guideline contains recommendations for one or more of the following topics:  Diagnostics  Patient information/communication  Therapy (psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy/other non-drug therapies)  Coordination of measures and cooperation of providers
E5	Contains recommendations on Pre-Hospital, Emergency Department and/or Primary Surgical care in Germany or the guidelines are classified as transferable to the target situation.
E6	Publication period: 2012
E7	Language of publication: English or German
E8	The guideline is available at no cost in full text format
E9	The authors refer to the guideline as current or the revision date has not been exceeded and there is no updated version currently available.
E10	The guideline was classified as methodologically appropriate (methodological quality corresponds to S3) by two independent evaluators using the AGREE-II instrument
E11	Search strategy (of the relevant chapter) and evidence tables must be specified