Trauma care professionals are known for their dedication and discipline — but the best trauma teams also excel at resourcefulness and creative thinking. That is why Peregrine Health Services and Trauma System News are pleased to announce the inaugural Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation. The goal of the Peregrine Award for Trauma Innovation is to…
Author: Robert Fojut
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released guidelines for screening trauma patients for mental health disorders and substance misuse. The long-awaited guidelines provide trauma program leaders with practical recommendations on how to help injured patients with alcohol and drug use problems as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. To download the new…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released the first update of Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient: 2022 Standards. The new December 2022 revision of the Resources Manual introduces several important changes. It expands the defined role of the trauma program manager, relaxes one aspect of the specialty coverage standard, provides a…
Trauma programs are struggling to retain experienced staff. Factors driving trauma staff turnover include higher trauma volumes, increased patient acuity, growing PI and registry backlogs, and trauma provider burnout. Recently, I asked trauma program managers in the Trauma System News subscriber community to share their best advice for improving staff retention. Their feedback was gathered…
Trauma programs face significant resource constraints, so performance improvement (PI) efforts should focus on issues that have the greatest impact on patient outcomes. According to a new study, the most promising target for trauma PI today is pneumonia prevention. The study was conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin and published…
The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (COT) has officially released Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient (2022 Standards). The release is the first major revision to ACS trauma center standards since 2014. To access a copy of the new standards, download or order the manual directly from the ACS. Resources for…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma will soon release Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient: 2022 Standards — the first major revision of its trauma center resources document in nearly a decade. Much of the new book will be familiar to trauma program leaders, but it also includes several new…
The first major revision of Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient in nearly a decade will be released in spring 2022. The 2022 Standards build on previous guidelines from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and most of the changes are incremental developments. However, the new standards include several new expectations in staffing,…
The rollout timeline for the new trauma center verification standards of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) was announced during the closing session of the 2021 TQIP Annual Conference. Avery Nathens, MD, MPH, PhD, medical director of ACS trauma quality programs, revealed the release date of the new standards book and…
The new trauma center verification standards of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) will likely be released in March 2022, according to Avery Nathens, MD, MPH, PhD, medical director of ACS trauma quality programs. Dr. Nathens announced the expected timeline during the opening session of the 2021 Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Annual Conference. He…