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Organisational Aspects of Trauma Care

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Traumatic injury is one of the leading causes of mortality, accounting for 1 in every 10 deaths worldwide. In developed countries the last few decades have seen many improvements in the care provided to trauma patients. A major development in many regions has been the reconfiguration of various components of trauma services into nationally or regionally co-ordinated systems. Such trauma systems integrate all aspects of patient care, from emergency care at the scene, through triage and transport to an appropriately equipped facility, in-hospital care, post-discharge rehabilitation, prevention and research. In considering the ideal trauma service the components of each stage of the patient’s journey, from the moment of injury to rehabilitation back into the community and employment, must be optimized to ensure the best outcomes are achieved. In this chapter we examine developments in each of these organisational aspects of trauma care.

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Anwar, I., Butler, D., Willett, K. (2014). Organisational Aspects of Trauma Care. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34746-7_4

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