Retrospective analysis of alcohol testing in trauma team activation patients at a Canadian tertiary trauma centre.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although alcohol screening is an essential requirement of level I trauma centre accreditation, actual rates of compliance with mandatory alcohol testing in trauma patients are seldom reported. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing in patients requiring trauma team activation (TTA) for whom blood alcohol testing was mandatory, and to elucidate patient-level, injury-level and system-level factors associated with BAC testing.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary trauma centre in Halifax, Canada.

Participants

2306 trauma patients who required activation of the trauma team.

Primary outcome measure

The primary outcome was the rate of BAC testing among TTA patients. Trends in BAC tes

SUBMITTER: Erdogan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252682 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature