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[Reduction of treatment time for children in the trauma room care : Impact of implementation of an interdisciplinary trauma room concept (iTRAP S )].
Der Anaesthesist 2018 October 26
INTRODUCTION: In addition to infrastructural and conceptual planning, smooth interdisciplinary cooperation is crucial for trauma room care of severely injured children based on time-saving management and a clear set of priorities. The time to computed tomography (CT) is a well-accepted marker for the efficacy of trauma management. Up to now there are no guidelines in the literature for an adapted approach in pediatric trauma room care.
METHODS: A step-by-step algorithm for pediatric trauma room care (Interdisciplinary Trauma Room Algorithm in Pediatric Surgery, iTRAPS ) was developed within the framework of an interdisciplinary team: pediatric surgeons, pediatric anaethesiologists, pediatric intensivists and pediatric radiologists. In two groups of patients from January 2014 to April 2015 (group 1) and from July 2015 to January 2017 (group 2) process quality was monitored by the time required for trauma room treatment until the CT scan was performed and used as a surrogate marker. Inclusion criteria were patients aged 0-16 years, who were evaluated in a level 1 pediatric trauma room with an injury severity score (ISS) ≥8 and the necessity for a CT scan.
RESULTS: Before (group 1) and after (group 2) implementation of iTRAPS 16 patients were included in each group. There were no significant differences between the age and the ISS in the two groups of patients. The required time for trauma room treatment was significantly reduced from an average of 33.6 min before to 15.2 min after implementation of iTRAPS (p < 0.01).
DISCUSSION: The required time for the trauma care room treatment could be significantly reduced by more than half after the implementation of iTRAPS . The reasons were the interdisciplinary organization of the trauma room leadership, reorganization of patient transfer and improved briefing by emergency doctors.
CONCLUSION: Besides a well-organized trauma team, it is essential that the trauma room workflow is adapted to the specific structure of the hospital. Despite the limitations of the study the data demonstrate that the trauma room workflow enables an efficient management. By the interdisciplinary reorganization of the pediatric trauma room treatment with improved structures and standardized processes, patient care was more effective with a significant reduction in the time required for trauma room treatment. The suggested iTRAPS concept could be used as a framework to establish individualized workflows for pediatric trauma room treatment in other hospitals. This algorithm should be supplemented by standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for the differentiated radiological diagnostic procedures in areas of traumatic brain injury (TBI), thoracic and abdominal trauma in children.
METHODS: A step-by-step algorithm for pediatric trauma room care (Interdisciplinary Trauma Room Algorithm in Pediatric Surgery, iTRAPS ) was developed within the framework of an interdisciplinary team: pediatric surgeons, pediatric anaethesiologists, pediatric intensivists and pediatric radiologists. In two groups of patients from January 2014 to April 2015 (group 1) and from July 2015 to January 2017 (group 2) process quality was monitored by the time required for trauma room treatment until the CT scan was performed and used as a surrogate marker. Inclusion criteria were patients aged 0-16 years, who were evaluated in a level 1 pediatric trauma room with an injury severity score (ISS) ≥8 and the necessity for a CT scan.
RESULTS: Before (group 1) and after (group 2) implementation of iTRAPS 16 patients were included in each group. There were no significant differences between the age and the ISS in the two groups of patients. The required time for trauma room treatment was significantly reduced from an average of 33.6 min before to 15.2 min after implementation of iTRAPS (p < 0.01).
DISCUSSION: The required time for the trauma care room treatment could be significantly reduced by more than half after the implementation of iTRAPS . The reasons were the interdisciplinary organization of the trauma room leadership, reorganization of patient transfer and improved briefing by emergency doctors.
CONCLUSION: Besides a well-organized trauma team, it is essential that the trauma room workflow is adapted to the specific structure of the hospital. Despite the limitations of the study the data demonstrate that the trauma room workflow enables an efficient management. By the interdisciplinary reorganization of the pediatric trauma room treatment with improved structures and standardized processes, patient care was more effective with a significant reduction in the time required for trauma room treatment. The suggested iTRAPS concept could be used as a framework to establish individualized workflows for pediatric trauma room treatment in other hospitals. This algorithm should be supplemented by standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for the differentiated radiological diagnostic procedures in areas of traumatic brain injury (TBI), thoracic and abdominal trauma in children.
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