Norwegian trauma care: a national cross-sectional survey of all hospitals involved in the management of major trauma patients

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Pål Klepstad²  Thomas Kristiansen¹  Ole-Petter Vinjevoll³  Oddvar Uleberg⁴ 

[1] Department of Anesthesiology, Vestre Viken HF, Buskerud Hospital, Drammen, Norway;Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olav¿s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Surgery, St. Olav¿s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

关键词: Trauma system;    Trauma;    Norway;    Injury;    Epidemiology;   

Others  :  1151689
DOI  :  10.1186/s13049-014-0064-0

 received in 2014-07-21, accepted in 2014-10-20,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Approximately 10% of the Norwegian population is injured every year, with injuries ranging from minor injuries treated by general practitioners to major and complex injuries requiring specialist in-hospital care. There is a lack of knowledge concerning the caseload of potentially severely injured patients in Norwegian hospitals. Aim of the study was to describe the current status of the Norwegian trauma system by identifying the number and the distribution of contributing hospitals and the caseload of potentially severely injured trauma patients within these hospitals.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey with a structured questionnaire was sent in the summer of 2012 to all Norwegian hospitals that receive trauma patients. These were defined by number of trauma team activations in the included hospitals. A literature review was performed to assess over time the development of hospitals receiving trauma patients.

Results

Forty-one hospitals responded and were included in the study. In 2011, four trauma centres and 37 acute care hospitals received a total of 6,570 trauma patients. Trauma centres received 2,175 (33%) patients and other hospitals received 4,395 (67%) patients. There were significant regional differences between health care regions in the distribution of trauma patients between trauma centres and acute care hospitals. More than half (52.5%) of the hospitals received fewer than 100 patients annually. The national rate of hospital admission via trauma teams was 13 per 10,000 inhabitants. There was a 37% (from 65 to 41) reduction in the number of hospitals receiving trauma patients between 1988 and 2011.

Conclusions

In 2011, hospital acute trauma care in Norway was delivered by four trauma centres and 37 acute care hospitals. Many hospitals still receive a small number of potentially severely injured patients and only a few hospitals have an electronic trauma registry. Future development of the Norwegian trauma system needs to address the challenge posed by a scattered population and long geographical distances. The implementation of a trauma system, carefully balanced between centres with adequate caseloads against time from injury to hospital care, is needed and has been shown to have a beneficial effect in countries with comparable challenges.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Uleberg et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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