AB097. SOH21AS174. Paediatric major trauma in the setting of the Irish trauma network

Abstract

Background: The construction of a new tertiary children’s hospital and reconfiguration of its two satellite centres will become the Irish epicentre for all paediatric care including paediatric trauma. Ireland is also currently establishing a national trauma network although further planning of how to manage paediatric trauma in the context of this system is required. This research defines the unknown epidemiology of paediatric major trauma in Ireland with the intention of assisting strategic planning of a future paediatric major trauma network.