Der Orthopäde
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There is clinical evidence that a standardized management of trauma patients in the emergency room improves outcome. ATLS is a training course that teaches a systematic approach to the trauma patient in the emergency room. The aims are a rapid and accurate assessment of the patient's physiologic status, treatment according to priorities, and making decisions on whether the local resources are sufficient for adequate definitive treatment of the patient or if transfer to a trauma center is necessary. ⋯ SOPs and training courses increase the process and result quality in the treatment of the trauma patient in the emergency room. These programs should be based on the special demands of the physiology of the trauma as well as the structural specifics of the hospital. ATLS does not equal an SOP but it qualifies as a standardized concept for management of trauma patients in the emergency room.
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The aim of the study was to find the best possible methodology to evaluate the perioperative processes in the main diagnosis-related groups in an orthopaedic and trauma centre. A model in five phases was followed to develop the care pathways. Optimization potentials were derived from estimated problems and their origin. ⋯ The cost-effectiveness of treatment procedures and the costs of processes conditionally led to a change in management. The advantages of the study were increased knowledge of the processes involved in diagnosis and therapy with regard to the evoked costs. So the limited budget became more calculable.