Jeffrey S. Young

Trauma Centers (eBook, PDF)

A Quick Guide

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030346072
• Artikelnr.: 59890821

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Young, MD, MBA

Professor of Surgery

Director, Trauma Center

Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery

University of Virginia

Charlottesville VA

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

"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)