- 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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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Jeffrey Young, MD, MBAProfessor of SurgeryDirector, Trauma CenterDivision Chief, Acute Care SurgeryUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville VA
- Reviews
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“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)
“This book is written for practitioners and medical directors. … This book is an interesting read from an administration and hospital policy standpoint.” (Jacy M O’Keefe, Doody’s Book Reviews, April 24, 2020)
- Table of contents (19 chapters)
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What Is a Trauma Center?
Pages 3-9
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Key Components of a Trauma Center
Pages 11-18
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Areas of Focus
Pages 19-25
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Trauma Center Organizational Structure
Pages 27-51
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Activation Process
Pages 55-67
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Trauma Centers
- Book Subtitle
- A Quick Guide
- Authors
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- Jeffrey Young
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-34607-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-34607-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-34606-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 222
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 illustrations in colour
- Topics
