Re: Trauma team activation

["Jeff Brosius" <reno316@hotmail.com>]

For what it is worth (probably not much...)

Grady Memorial Hosptial (Level 1 in Atlanta, GA) will activate on 
physiological or anatomical criteria (ACS COT criteria... e-mail me 
privately if you don't know them.)

Rarely will they activate for mechanism alone if there are no associated 
physiol. or anatomic findings associated.  Once in a while they will (i.e. 
pt. is known to have HTN, take B-Blocker, Ca++ Channel blocker, and VS are 
on the lower end of normal.)  This, as mentioned, is rare.

Then too, we've got 24h in-house surgical staff who can be in the ER in five 
minutes or less.  At other hospitals, YMMV.

------------
JRB

Jeff Brosius,
Paramedic, etc.
Atlanta, GA
www.prehospital-perspective.com
brosius@prehospital-perspective.com
"Give me ambiguity or give me something else."





>From: Randy L'Heureux <medicwest@shaw.ca>
>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>Subject: Trauma team activation
>Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:16:25 -0800
>
>Greetings from what is beginning to become the cold north.
>We are continuing (and will be for some time)to work on our scene flights 
>and trauma systems. There is good information from the flight programs 
>regarding their launch criteria for scene flights. The question that was 
>brought up this morning regarded activation of the trauma team at the 
>trauma center. When you are inbound with a patient is the trauma team 
>activated based on physical findings, history or a combination of both. If 
>it is physical findings it would be beneficial to know what your parameters 
>are, such as BP, GCS etc. As usual any information is greatly appreciated.
>Fly safe
>Randy L'Heureux
>Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia


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