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Trauma Centers

A Quick Guide

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  • Covers the most common head, chest, abdominal, and orthopedic injuries as well as hyperurgent and multiple priority patients

  • Discusses activation and criteria, the first five minutes, the transition phase, critical care, acute care, rehabilitation, and follow up

  • Describes in detail the key components of trauma center administration, management, and patient care

  • Provides critical information for hospitals looking toward becoming a trauma center

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. What Is a Trauma Center?

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 3-9
    3. Key Components of a Trauma Center

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      Pages 11-18
    4. Areas of Focus

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 19-25
    5. Trauma Center Organizational Structure

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 27-51
  3. Trauma Center Operations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Activation Process

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      Pages 55-67
    3. First 5 Minutes

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 69-79
    4. Second Diagnostic Phase: First 30 Minutes

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 81-108
    5. First 8 Hours

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 109-123
  4. Performance Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Structure

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 127-130
    3. What Is the Purpose of PI?

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 131-134
    4. Event Analysis

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 135-137
    5. Regulatory Requirements

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      Pages 139-149
    6. The Performance Improvement Process

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      Pages 151-157
    7. Benchmarking and Optimization

      • Jeffrey S. Young
      Pages 177-180

About this book

This book is a quick guide to the key components of trauma center administration, management, and patient care. This book provides essential information for hospitals working toward trauma center designation, and for established trauma centers who want to improve their performance. This book provides trauma center personnel with a comprehensive overview of trauma center  administrative structure, basic clinical operations, performance improvement and site visit preparation and examines the most common critical injuries seen by trauma centers to demonstrate how a properly functioning center addresses multiple priorities in critically ill patients.  This book provides critical information for hospitals looking toward becoming a trauma center and established trauma centers that wants to improve their performance.



Reviews

“Surgeons, anesthesiologists, interventional radiologists, hospital administrators, and trauma coordinators of all levels will gain insight from reading this text. Dr Young’s study will prove to be especially valuable for new Level I centers, as well as Level II centers that are aiming to receive Level I designation.” (Victoria Knott and Ozan Akca, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (3), September, 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Troy, USA

    Jeffrey S. Young

About the author

Jeffrey Young, MD, MBAProfessor of Surgery
Director, Trauma Center
Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville VA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trauma Centers

  • Book Subtitle: A Quick Guide

  • Authors: Jeffrey S. Young

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34607-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34606-5Published: 28 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34607-2Published: 27 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 222

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Emergency Medicine, Traumatic Surgery, Emergency Services

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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