Trauma team
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A Trauma team is a group of healthcare workers who attend to seriously ill or injured casualties who arrive at a hospital emergency department. The team is composed of a number of specific roles, with a typical team consisting of:
- Team Leader - a senior Surgeon doctor who takes command
- An Emergency department doctor (optional)
- Anaesthetist
- Orthopaedic surgeon
- Three nurses
- Radiographer
- Scribe - a nurse or doctor who deals with administration
Other specialities can be added depending on the nature of the injury, for example a neurological surgeon will attend if there is a serious head injury. All staff should be trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support techniques. Each hospital will have a list of criteria that require the call-out of the trauma team, such as a fall of over 6 meters or a fracture of 2 or more bones.
