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Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Poster presentation

Emergency trauma theatre utilisation – the St George’s Hospital, London experience

Authors: Alexander J Hills, Alexander Clarke, Christoph EA Hartmann, Caroline B Hing

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Special Issue 1/2014

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The Royal College of Surgeons of England encouraged the creation of singly dedicated 24-hour emergency theatres in 1997; emergency operating was previously largely determined by theatre availability rather than clinical need. Shortly after this St George’s Hospital, London designated one of its three trauma theatres as an ‘Acute Emergency Theatre’ (AET) and implemented a policy to maintain access to the AET within one hour’s notification for all acute trauma emergencies. …
Metadata
Title
Emergency trauma theatre utilisation – the St George’s Hospital, London experience
Authors
Alexander J Hills
Alexander Clarke
Christoph EA Hartmann
Caroline B Hing
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-S1-P4

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