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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/Emergency Medical Services for Children/Health Resources and Services Administration. Do’s and Don’ts of Trans- porting Children in an Ambulance: Fact Sheet. Washington: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/Emergency Medical Services for Children/Health Resources and Services Administration, 1999. 32 Cooper 3 Organizing the Hospital for Pediatric Trauma Care Max L. Ramenofsky Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. HISTORY OF TRAUMA CENTERS The development of trauma centers in the United States has a varied background, which takes its origins from many of the wars this country has fought. Many aspects, which are now considered to be integral parts of any trauma center, originated on the battlefield. Aspects such as immediate availability of surgeons who can provide immediate surgical care to trauma victims, facilities capable of providing any indicated treatment (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units), pre-hospital personnel to identify and stabilize the victim in the field and transport the patient to an emergency room capable of providing the indicated therapy, transport systems such as ground a mbulances and helicopters to transport the victims, just to mention a few. All of these components originated in the U.S. military. The civilian trauma system originated in the State of Illinois in 1967 with the inception of the first ‘‘adult’’ trauma center at Cook County Hospital under the leadership of Drs. Robert Freeark and Robert Baker. Shortly after this, Dr. R. Adams Cowley initiated the ‘‘Shock Trauma’’ Unit (Maryland Institure for Emergency Medical Services System) at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Following closely on the heels of the first two ‘‘adult’’ trauma centers, the U.S. Congress passed a number of ‘‘emergency medical services systems acts,’’ which defined many aspects of the things needed by a trauma system in the prehospital arena. These included the makeup of ambulances (equipment), the necessity for com- munications systems, which would allow pre-hospital personnel to speak with either an individual distant from or in a trauma receiving facility, and the training necessary for personnel in an ambulance unit, i.e., emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, etc. It is an interesting sidelight to note that prior to the passage of the various emergency medical services systems acts, many ambulance drivers were, in fact, funeral home directors. 33 PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS It is of interest to note that in 1962 the first Pediatric Trauma Center was established by Dr. Peter Kottmeier at the Kings County Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York, five years before the first adult trauma center opened its doors. Trauma care was further advanced in the United States by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), which in the early 1920s started the Committee on Trauma (COT). The purpose of the COT was to improve the care of the trauma victim by education. In February of 1984, the COT developed the first resources or standards manual, which defined the standards of care necessary to treat trauma patients (1). These standards were primarily focused on the hospital resources necessary for this task. Not including the 1984 pamphlet, there have been four editions of this manual, the most current being entitled, Resources for the Optimum Care of the Injured Patient (2–5). The next edition is tentatively scheduled for publication in 2005. The ACS COT established the Verification Subcommittee in February of 1987. This subcommittee’s purpose was to verify compliance by hospitals wishing to become ACS-verified trauma centers, with the standards of care promulga ted by the resources manual. The first document describing the resources necessary to treat the injured child was published in the Journal of Trauma in 1982 (6). The COT first included an appendix on Pediatric Trauma Care in their original 1984 pamphlet, Appendix J (1). The first pediatric chapter in the ACS resource manual appeared in the 1987 edition (3). The COT has defined what is meant by the term ‘‘pediatric trauma center’’ by dividing trauma centers into levels. The highest level is a Level-I Pediatric Trauma Center locat ed in a children’s hospital. A similar designation and quality of care may be present in a Level-I Adult Trauma Center with pediatric expertise. Children’s hospitals can also apply to become a Level-II Pediatric Trauma Center. By ACS standards, all trauma centers, regardless of their designation level, must have the ability to stabilize and transfer injured children when received in their institution. PREPLANNING Before the first patient is seen and treated in any institution that desires to become a trauma cen ter or have a trauma unit, there is a great deal of organization that must be accomplished. The decision to apply for such a designation is the first priority. This decision is not one that can be made by a single individual or department. The decision is one that must be embraced by the entire institution for the simple reason that trauma, by its very nature, is extremely disruptive to any hospital’s schedule. Trauma is a disease that can and does occur at any and all times. The orderly carrying out of a busy operating room schedule can be disrupted because of the necessity of bringing an injured patient to the operati ng room at any time. Other resources such as laboratory and radiology are similarly disrupted due to the need for immediate results from the laboratory as well as immediate access to a computerized tomography scanner, mag- netic resonance imaging, and/or interventional radiological procedures. The requirement for a designated and immediately available trauma team is similarly disruptive. Thus, it should be apparent that the decision to seek designation as a trauma center is one that requires agreement of many, if not all, departments within a busy hospital. The hospital’s administration must agree and support this decision. 34 Ramenofsky Commitment The single most important component for any institution seeking a trauma designation is commitment. Commitment to provide the personnel, equipment, space, an d all other resources necessary for treatment of the injured patient, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Facilities The injured patient generally enters an institution through its emergency department (ED). Often the ED is very busy and crowded. An injured patient should not be expected to wait until a room opens before being seen. Thus a ‘‘trauma room’’ or resuscitation bay must always be available. This is an expense for the institution, but assessment and resuscitation must be available without delay. The makeup of such a room should include appropriate IV fluids, catheters, surgical instrument sets, warming equipment, including a method to rapidly warm the entire room, medications and enough space for an entire team of physicians, nurses, and technicians to have easy access to the patient. Often a hospital that constructs a new trauma room will include a ceiling-mounted X-ray unit in the room. If not, there must be sufficient space for a portable X-ray machine to be wheeled into the space. For any institution that treats injured children, the Broselow System is a reasonable method of organizing the trauma room. This system provides color- coded equipment such as airways, laryngoscopes, endotracheal tubes, suction catheters, vascular access devices, nasogastric (NG) tubes, urinary cathet ers, and chest tubes. The co lor-coding is based on the child’s weight. In addition, the Broselow tape is a clever method of rapidly determining the child’s weight based on height and can be used in the trauma room for quick determination of weight, IV-fluid bolus infusion amounts, and emergency medications. The Broselow tape can be mounted in a Lucite holder and kept permanently in the room. When so mounted it measures roughly five feet in length and does not have a tendency to be lost. The facilities necessary for an institution to become a trauma center are not limited to the emergency room. The institution must have immediate availability to CT scanning, angiography, interventional radiology, operating rooms, intensive care units, and patie nt floors. Another requirement is the availability of rehabilita- tion medicine. Radiology In addition to routine radiographic procedures such as chest, abdominal, extremity, and spine X rays, the institution must provide immediate access to CT scanning for the injured child. The CT scan is the major diagnostic modality utilized in both children and adults, and must always be available to the trauma patient. Operating Room An operating room must always be available for the trauma patient. In a busy hospital this is difficult because this requirement decreases by one the number of rooms available for routine elective surgery. In addition to having an OR immediately available, personnel, including nurses, technicians, and anesthesiolo- gists, must be immediately available 24/7. Organizing the Hospital for Pediatric Trauma Care 35 Pediatric Intensive Care Intensive care must be available for the injured child, preferably in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with appropriately trained and trauma credentialed nurses. Should a PICU not be present, an intensive care unit may meet this requirement with appropriately trained and credentialed pediatric nurses. The equipment necessary for PICU care is well documented in the ACS resources manual. Patient Floors There must be beds available on a pediatric floor for patients being admitted to the hospital with injuries. Nursing care must be adequate in this area as well. Personnel The hospital personnel required for an institution to become a pediatric trauma center includes various physician specialties, pediatric-trained nurses working in certain specialized areas of the hospital, laboratory technicians, radiological technicians, and social workers. This is not a comprehensive list but is the basic catalogue of players. Physicians The group of physicians immediately responsible for the care of an injured child is made up of the surgical specialties. Pediatric general surgery includes within its training the care of the injured child. The pediatric surgical team must include a leader of that team whose responsibility it is to organize the team. In the ED, this trauma team is expected to meet the patient on arrival. Once the patient has been placed in the resuscitation room, the team begins its work. Hopefully, the ED has been notified by the pre-hospital personnel of the cause of the injury, e.g., motor vehicle crash, gunshot wound, stab wound , fall, and is prepared to start the resuscitation phase. Occurring simultaneously with the resuscitation phase is the diagnostic phase. How- ever, the team should be trained to the important fact that the diagnosis is less important than saving the life of the injured child. Thus, the team should be aware that the lack of a diagnosis should never impede the application of an indicated treatment. For example, if the patient cannot maintain their airway, the airway should be secured before the diagnosis of the cause of the unstable airway is deter- mined. To reverse the process, and first determine the cause of the unstable airway before treating, may result in the death of the patient. The composition of the team, in addition to the leader, is generally two other surgeons, an anesthesiologist or emergency medicine physician, and at least two nurses, one of who acts as the scribe. Absolute responsibility for the patient rests with the team leader. The team leader will have assigned specific duties to other members of the team. For example, the leader may assign the physician at the head of the patient and either the anesthesiologist or emergency medicine physician to manage the airway. The surgeon on the patient’s right side may be assigned the responsibility of evaluating the neck, chest, right-sided extremities, and the patient’s back. The surgeon on the left side may be assigned the duties of evaluating the abdomen and perineum, 36 Ramenofsky left-sided extremities, and neurological status. Such a setup provides for rapid and accurate initial assessment of the injured patient. Other physicians will be part of the trauma team but not necessarily part of the physician group who initially responds upon the patient’s arrival. Clearly, Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery must be included in this group. Also, Plastic Surgery, Ear Nose Throat, Urology, and Ophthalmology will be required in specific cases. These individuals must be available on short notice at the behest of the trauma team leader. Nonsurgical physicians are also included in the requirements. Pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric intensive care physicians are included in this group, as are radiologists. Others whose expertise may be required include gastro- enterologists, cardiologists, neurologists, infectious disease specialists, and general pediatricians. Nurses The nurses in the resuscitation room have established duties. One will serve the function of the scribe and will record everything that occurs with the patient. The second nurse prepares the room before the patient arrives, and makes sure that appropriate fluids, chest tubes and chest evacuation apparatus, IV fluids, urinary catheters, suture material, surgical trays, etc., are available and in the room. It is also this nurse’s responsibility to make sure that the room temperature is adequate so that hypothermia does not supervene. Intensive care nurses with education, training and/or experience, and expertise in pediatrics are required in the PICU setting. Methods of training are discussed later in this chapter. Laboratory and Radiological Technicians These technicians are an integral part of the trauma team meeting the patient in the ED. Most trauma centers have a routine laboratory panel that is ordered on every patient. Technicians being present at the time the patient arrives shortens the length of time the team must wait for various laboratory results. As with laboratory studies, most injured patients require, at a minimum, a specific group of X rays, including lateral cervical spine, chest, and abdominal films. The presence of the X-ray technician with the X-ray machine shortens waiting time. When more sophisticated studies are warranted, such as CT scans or angiography, the technicians are helpful in organizing them. Social Work The stress on a family resulting from a serious injury or death of a child is significant. The presence of social services in the ED, should either occur, is comforting for the family and can function as a bridge for information when the trauma surgeons are busy providing the necessary care. EDUCATION Physician education in trauma care is quite obvious for surgeons. 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