Exploring the factors that influence trauma team activation in emergency department staff
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Regional trauma networks enable the rapid and safe management and transfer of patients with traumatic injury between designated trauma units and one of 27 major trauma centres throughout the UK. Multispecialty trauma teams are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are activated immediately upon receipt of a patient presenting with major trauma. With most serious trauma patients going direct to major trauma centres rather than a less specialised hospital-based trauma unit, it can be challenging for hospital-based trauma unit staff to gain experience and skill in this area, leading to potential inconsistencies in the process of activating the trauma team. The aim of this service evaluation was to identify factors influencing the decision to activate the trauma team in emergency department (ED) staff working within a 700-bed trauma unit. A questionnaire was sent to 107 staff and 70 completed it, a response rate of 65%. Results indicated that shortfalls in trauma-specific training, lack of clinical experience, undefined roles and responsibilities, department culture, ambulance handover, knowledge of clinical guidelines and previous experience of trauma team activation all affected the decision to activate the trauma team. Trauma-specific training and the support of senior staff could enhance confidence and appropriate trauma team activation rates.
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022 |
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Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association - (2022) vom: 03. Mai |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Cooper, Bethany Hannah [VerfasserIn] |
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Accident and emergency |
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Date Revised 20.02.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status Publisher |
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10.7748/en.2022.e2133 |
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