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Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study

BACKGROUND: Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of deaths in Norway, especially among younger males. Trauma-related mortality can be reduced by structural measures, such as organization of a trauma system. Many hospitals in Norway treat few seriously injured patients, one of the reasons for devel...

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Autores principales: Bredin, Ida Celine, Gaup, Hedi Marina Joks, Brattebø, Guttorm, Wisborg, Torben
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35790905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00683-9
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author Bredin, Ida Celine
Gaup, Hedi Marina Joks
Brattebø, Guttorm
Wisborg, Torben
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description BACKGROUND: Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of deaths in Norway, especially among younger males. Trauma-related mortality can be reduced by structural measures, such as organization of a trauma system. Many hospitals in Norway treat few seriously injured patients, one of the reasons for development of the Norwegian trauma system. Since its implementation, there has been continuous improvement of this system, including trauma team training. Regular trauma team training is compulsory, with the aims of compensating for lack of experience and maintaining competence. The purpose of this study was to present an overview of current trauma team training activities in Norway. METHODS: For this observational study, the authors developed an online questionnaire and mailed it to local trauma coordinators from 38 Norwegian hospitals—including four trauma centers and 34 acute hospitals with trauma function. The study was performed during April–June 2020, with a two-month response window. Trauma team training frequency was assessed in four predefined intervals: < 5, 5–9, 10–15 and > 15 times per year. The response rate was 33 of 38, 87%. RESULTS: All responding hospitals conducted regular trauma team training. The frequency of training increased significantly from 2013 to 2020 (Chi square test, Chi(2) 8.33, p = 0.04). All hospitals described a quite homogenous approach. The trauma centres trained more frequently as compared to the acute care hospitals (Chi square test, Chi(2) 8.24, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: All responding hospitals performed regular trauma team training using a homogenous approach, which is in line with previous assessments. We observed a minor improvement in frequency compared to prior assessments. Our findings suggest that Norwegian trauma teams likely maintain their competence through team training. All hospitals followed the current recommendations from the National Trauma Plan.
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spelling pubmed-92581282022-07-07 Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study Bredin, Ida Celine Gaup, Hedi Marina Joks Brattebø, Guttorm Wisborg, Torben BMC Emerg Med Research BACKGROUND: Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of deaths in Norway, especially among younger males. Trauma-related mortality can be reduced by structural measures, such as organization of a trauma system. Many hospitals in Norway treat few seriously injured patients, one of the reasons for development of the Norwegian trauma system. Since its implementation, there has been continuous improvement of this system, including trauma team training. Regular trauma team training is compulsory, with the aims of compensating for lack of experience and maintaining competence. The purpose of this study was to present an overview of current trauma team training activities in Norway. METHODS: For this observational study, the authors developed an online questionnaire and mailed it to local trauma coordinators from 38 Norwegian hospitals—including four trauma centers and 34 acute hospitals with trauma function. The study was performed during April–June 2020, with a two-month response window. Trauma team training frequency was assessed in four predefined intervals: < 5, 5–9, 10–15 and > 15 times per year. The response rate was 33 of 38, 87%. RESULTS: All responding hospitals conducted regular trauma team training. The frequency of training increased significantly from 2013 to 2020 (Chi square test, Chi(2) 8.33, p = 0.04). All hospitals described a quite homogenous approach. The trauma centres trained more frequently as compared to the acute care hospitals (Chi square test, Chi(2) 8.24, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: All responding hospitals performed regular trauma team training using a homogenous approach, which is in line with previous assessments. We observed a minor improvement in frequency compared to prior assessments. Our findings suggest that Norwegian trauma teams likely maintain their competence through team training. All hospitals followed the current recommendations from the National Trauma Plan. BioMed Central 2022-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9258128/ /pubmed/35790905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00683-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Gaup, Hedi Marina Joks
Brattebø, Guttorm
Wisborg, Torben
Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study
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title_fullStr Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study
title_full_unstemmed Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study
title_short Trauma team training in Norwegian hospitals: an observational study
title_sort trauma team training in norwegian hospitals: an observational study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35790905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00683-9
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