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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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03-08-2023 | Airway Management | Letter to the Editor

Adaptation of a taxonomy of adverse events in trauma to a specific trauma system setting is an important first step for monitoring and standardization of trauma care

Authors: Rudi Kournwsky dit Kourav, Rémi Gerard, Brodie Nolan, Cédric Maugin, Jules Grèze

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 5/2023

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Trauma resuscitation of severely injured patients involves complex interactions between individual and collective action and decision-making on one side and, trauma bay environment, setting, and equipment and multidisciplinary teamwork, and organizational culture on the other. Worldwide, composition of the trauma team is highly versatile, with a prevalent representation of general surgery in North America, and a more balanced representation of anesthesia and surgery in Europe. The complexity of the trauma process leads frequently to adverse events (AE), in particular in the early phase of trauma resuscitation. An estimated of 6.09 AE occurs per fatal trauma and 3.47 AEs can be directly attributed to the patient death [1]. …

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Title: Adaptation of a taxonomy of adverse events in trauma to a specific trauma system setting is an important first step for monitoring and standardization of trauma care
Authors: Rudi Kournwsky dit Kourav
Rémi Gerard
Brodie Nolan
Cédric Maugin
Jules Grèze
Publication date: 03-08-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Airway Management
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-023-02336-3

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