The present study was designed to investigate the current situation of the early management of polytrauma-patients admitted to the casualty center at Kasr El-Einy Hospital. The obtained data not only documented the real present situation but it also offered an information base when attempting to achieve a better quality of care and realize an improvement in the system of polytrauma management.The investigation was done on sixty polytrauma patients during the period from April to October 2000. The patients included in the study were those who had at least two affected body systems and primarily managed (diagnostic and therapeutic measures) at Kasr El-Einy hospital.