Trauma Centers - Jeffrey S. Young

Trauma Centers

A Quick Guide
Buch | Softcover
XXI, 222 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-34606-5 (ISBN)
85,59 inkl. MwSt

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.


Jeffrey Young, MD, MBAProfessor of SurgeryDirector, Trauma CenterDivision Chief, Acute Care SurgeryUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville VA

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.

"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)

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort J. Wayne Meredith
Zusatzinfo XXI, 222 p. 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 203 mm
Gewicht 268 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Chirurgie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Notfallmedizin
Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte Critically injured patients • Performance improvement for trauma centers • Trauma Care • trauma center • Trauma center administration and management • Trauma center patient care • Trauma center verification • trauma surgery • traumatology • Treatment of hyperurgent patients in trauma center • Treatment of hyperurgent patients in trauma centers • Treatment of multiple priority patients in trauma • Treatment of multiple priority patients in trauma centers
ISBN-10 3-030-34606-4 / 3030346064
ISBN-13 978-3-030-34606-5 / 9783030346065
Zustand Neuware
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