Trauma team

A Trauma team is a group of healthcare workers who attend to seriously ill or injured casualtieswho arrive at a hospitalemergency department. The team is composed of a number of specific roles, with a typical team consisting of:

• Team Leader - a senior emergency department doctorwho takes command
• Another Emergency department doctor
• Anaesthetist
• General surgeon
• Orthopaedic surgeon
• Three nurses
• Radiographer
• Scribe - a nurse or doctor who deals with administration

Other specialities can be added depending on the nature of the injury, for example a neurological surgeonwill attend if there is a serious head injury. All staff should be trained in Advanced Trauma Life Supporttechniques. Each hospitalwill have a list of criteria that require the call-out of the trauma team, such as a fall of over 6 meters or a fractureof 2 or more bones.

See also

• Traumatology

External links

• Example call-out protocol
• Detailed description of trauma team

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