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NCEPOD: Trauma - Who Cares? - London Health Programmes

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ContentsAcknowledgements 4Foreword 8Summary of findings 10Principal recommendations 12Introduction 14References 16Method 17Chapter 1 – Data overview 21Chapter 2 – Organisational data 25Key fi ndings 33Recommendations 33Chapter 3 – Overall assessment 34Key fi ndings 36Chapter 4 – Prehospital care 37Introduction 37Organisational aspects of care 37Clinical aspects of care 42Airway and ventilation 43Key fi ndings 48Recommendations 48References 49Chapter 5 – Hospital reception 50Introduction 50Results 50<strong>Trauma</strong> team response 51<strong>Trauma</strong> team response – individual cases 52Primary survey and overall assessment 59Key fi ndings 60Recommendations 61References 612

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