This book is a quick guide to the key components of trauma center administration, management, and patient care. This book provides essential information for hospitals working toward trauma center designation, and for established trauma centers who want to improve their performance. This book provides trauma center personnel with a comprehensive overview of trauma center administrative structure, basic clinical operations, performance improvement and site visit preparation and examines the most common critical injuries seen by trauma centers to demonstrate how a properly functioning center addresses multiple priorities in critically ill patients. This book provides critical information for hospitals looking toward becoming a trauma center and established trauma centers that wants to improve their performance.

Jeffrey Young, MD, MBA

1. Introduction
2. Trauma Center Structure
1. Key Components
2. Administration and Areas of Responsibility
Trauma Center Leadership
1. Trauma Medical Director
2. Trauma Program Manager
3. Trauma Registry
4. Performance Improvement Coordinator
3. Trauma Center Operations
1. Activation and Criteria
2. Communications
3. First 5 Minutes
4. Second Diagnostic Phase
5. Transition Phase
6. Critical Care
7. Acute Care
8. Rehabilitation and Follow-up
4. Treatment of Injured Patients
1. Hyperurgent Patient
2. Multiple Priority Patient
3. Major Head Injuries
4. Major Chest injuries
5. Major Abdominal Injuries
6. Multiple Orthopedic Injuries
5. Fundamentals of Performance Improvement
6. Performance Improvement Processes
1. Filters and Monitoring
Event Identification
2. Event Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Disposition
5. Corrective Action
Loop Closure
7. Guideline Creation and Implementation
8. Benchmarking and Optimization of Care
9. Your American College of Surgeons or State Trauma Center Site Visit
Preparing Your Center
1. Preparing Your Charts
2. Tips on Assessing Your Compliance with Criteria
3. Tips on Conducting the Visit
10. Case Studies