Survey on worldwide trauma team activation requirement.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Trauma team activation (TTA) is thought to be essential for advanced and specialized care of very severely injured patients. However, non-specific TTA criteria may result in overtriage that consumes valuable resources or endanger patients in need of TTA secondary to undertriage. Consequently, criterion standard definitions to calculate the accuracy of the various TTA protocols are required for research and quality assurance purposes. Recently, several groups suggested a list of conditions when a trauma team is considered to be essential in the initial care in the emergency room. The objective of the survey was to post hoc identify trauma-related conditions that are thought to require a specialized trauma team that may be widely accepted, independent from the country's incom

SUBMITTER: Waydhas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature