Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5653162 Injury 2017 21 Pages PDF
Abstract
Overall, documentation for inter-hospital transfer of major trauma patients in BC has significant deficiencies. Physiologic and basic ATLS variables are often omitted in transferred charts. The potential for adverse events is high but performance improvement is achievable. We recommend education, training and a standardized trauma transfer protocol to improve system-wide information transfer.
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