Trauma Informatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Section I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Trauma Informatics: Today’s Vision, Tomorrow’s Concepts

      • Jeffrey S. Augenstein, Kimball I. Maull

      Pages 3-28

3. Section II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Informatics in Prehospital Care

      • M. Jack Lee, Anthony J. Martinez, Leticia M. Rutledge, Kimball I. Maull

      Pages 31-44

   3. Vehicle Crash Investigation

      • Dietmar Otte

      Pages 45-64

   4. Informatics in the Emergency Department

      • Mark C. Henry, Lester Kallus, Peter Viccellio, Todd B. Taylor

      Pages 65-91

   5. Informatics in Emergency Radiology

      • Michael E. Flisak

      Pages 92-103

   6. Intensive Care Unit

      • Carl A. Sirio, G. Daniel Martich, Andrew B. Peitzman

      Pages 104-114

   7. Rehabilitation Informatics

      • Jeffrey S. Hecht, Alfred G. Kaye, Gregory D. Powell, Carl P. Granger

      Pages 115-170

4. Section III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Trauma Registry Data Definition, Acquisition, and Evaluation

      • Linda C. Degutis

      Pages 173-188

   3. Trauma Registry Informatics: Hospital Perspectives

      • Sheryl Zougras, Thomas J. Esposito, Kimball I. Maull

      Pages 189-207

   4. Trauma Registry Informatics: State Perspectives

      • William J. Sacco, Wayne S. Copes

      Pages 208-228

   5. Trauma Registry Informatics: National Perspectives

      • Robert Rutledge, Charles L. Rice

      Pages 229-237

5. Section IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. Trauma Informatics: Guidelines, Protocols, and Pathways

      • Michael Rhodes, Michael D. Pasquale

      Pages 241-260

6. Back Matter

   Pages 261-265

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Information and the technology to rapidly transmit, analyze, document, and disperse this information are increasing arithmetically, if not logarithmi­ cally. Arguably, no discipline better exemplifies this trend than medicine. It can be further argued that care of the trauma patient is one of the better examples of informatics and the potential benefit to the health profession­ als who care for these patients. Maull and Augenstein have provided us with a primer on informatics and its use in trauma care. The subject matter is timely and covers the gamut of trauma care from prehospital to rehabilitation. Who will benefit from trauma informatics? A simple answer would be anyone who takes care of trauma patients. From a broader perspective, however, at least three examples illustrate how trauma informatics can be used today to exert a positive effect on patient outcome. The first example is care of combat casualties, including battlefield resuscitation, evacuation, acute care, and ultimate return to the continental United States. Current technology is such that via global positioning satellite, a corpsman could transmit to a remote area the vital signs and pertinent physical findings of a combat casualty. Furthermore, the location of the corpsman and the casu­ alty would be precisely known, and consultation and destination disposition would be possible. The injured person, when admitted to a combat support hospital, could be continuously monitored and additional remote consulta­ tion obtained.

• Trauma
• care
• evaluation
• informatics
• intensive care

• Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, USA

  Kimball I. Maull

• Division of Trauma and Emergency Medical Services, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, USA

  Kimball I. Maull

• Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, USA

  Jeffrey S. Augenstein

• Computer Services Ryder Trauma Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, USA

  Jeffrey S. Augenstein

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