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…
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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…
Severely injured patients have a better chance of survival than ever before — if they make it to a trauma center. However, a significant percentage of patients with difficult-to-control bleeding still die in the field or en route to a hospital. Recently, a group of civilian and military trauma leaders proposed a new strategy for…
The majority of trauma centers in the U.S. have seen an increase in the number of patients treated for violent injury in the last 12 months, according to a new survey from Trauma System News. What are trauma programs doing to respond to the surge? According to the survey, program leaders have focused on increasing…
A smartphone app that curates 911 dispatch data reported serious injury incidents more than 30 minutes before trauma team activation (TTA), according to researchers at a Level I trauma center in New York City. The additional advanced notice provided by the app could give trauma teams more time to prepare for some critically injured patients.…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma will soon release the first major revision of Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient in nearly seven years. But while the new standards are the biggest news for trauma centers, the ACS is set to roll out several other changes in coming months. These…