Abstract
Trauma care inside and outside business hours: comparison of process quality and outcome indicators in a German level-1 trauma center
Highlights
Optimal care of multiple trauma patients has to be at a high level around the clock
Demography The study sample consists of 394 patients. 96 (24%) of these were admitted to the hospital during business hours (BH) and 298 (76%) patients were admitted during non-business hours (NBH)
We demonstrated that the time of admission had no measurable impact on a broad spectrum of monitored
Summary
Optimal care of multiple trauma patients has to be at a high level around the clock. The present study intends to compare the quality of trauma room care of multiple severely injured patients at a level-1 trauma center depending on the time of admission. When the multiple severely injured is concerned, trauma care quality has to be maintained efficiently on a constant high level around the clock [3]. A set of quality management related structures and processes were developed and in the past four decades: Trauma care algorithms and training Studies consistently report that a trauma room algorithm has a positive effect on patient care [5,6,7]. Concepts like Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) or European Trauma Course (ETC) aim at ensuring efficient trauma room care workflows and preventing secondary injury [8]
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