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Serious trauma affects 48 000 individuals each year in England, of whom 20 000 have an injury severity score greater than 15. Annual mortality rates are reported at 5400, and 3000 for all those admitted to hospital.Orthopaedic surgery accounts for over 50% of major trauma operating, and has seen changes in trends with time, from ‘Early Total Care’ (ETC) in the 80's, to ‘Damage Control Orthopaedics’...
Day surgery trauma lists are becoming an increasingly popular and widespread approach to address the inpatient trauma demand on NHS services. A ‘Rapid Access’ list initiative was set-up to book patients from an emergency pathway who require surgery and also fulfilled the standard day case patient criteria but for whom it was safe to wait for over 24 h before going to theatre.We performed a prospective...
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