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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Effect of a trauma proforma on the quality of documentation in the Emergency Department
Authors:
JE Millar, B Fisher, R McLaughlin
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Improvements in trauma care are driven by an understanding of the patient population and their outcome after injury. In order to achieve this, many centres submit data to trauma registries. This process relies on accurate and comprehensive documentation. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the introduction of a standardised proforma for major trauma patients improved the quality of documentation in an urban Emergency Department (ED). …