1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910373952603321

Autore

Young Jeffrey S

Titolo

Trauma Centers [[electronic resource] ] : A Quick Guide / / by Jeffrey S. Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-34607-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 222 p. 1 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

362.18

Soggetti

Emergency medicine

Traumatology

Emergency Medicine

Traumatic Surgery

Emergency Services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2.Trauma Center Structure -- 3.Trauma Center Leadership -- 4. Trauma Center Operations -- 5.Treatment of Injured Patients -- 6.Fundamentals of Performance Improvement -- 7. Performance Improvement Processes -- 8.Guideline Creation and Implementation -- 9. Benchmarking and Optimization of Care -- 10. Your American College of Surgeons or State Trauma Center Site Visit -- 11.Case Studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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.