Why the study?
Does early allocation of the first patient on the trauma list improve operation start times in orthopaedic trauma cases?
Population
80 orthopaedic trauma cases at a district general hospital in the west-midlands
Comparison
Early allocation of the first patient on the… vs Standard practice (prior to intervention)
Design
Other
Authors
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May expedite orthopaedic trauma theatre starts; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective multi-center validation.
Does early allocation of the first patient on the trauma list improve operation start times in orthopaedic trauma cases?
Early identification and allocation of the first patient on a trauma list significantly improves theatre start times and efficiency.
Roberts et al. (2015) studied this question.
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