Title - Trauma Care
Trauma Care promotes best practice in UK trauma management
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TRAUMA Journal

January 2010,
Vol. 12, No. 1.

Alcohol, drugs and trauma: consequences, screening and intervention in 2009.
(Emmanuel Charbonney et al.)

The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in trauma.
(Simon TB Williams.)

Dorsally angulated fractures of the distal radius.
(DE Deakin and SC Deshmukh.)

The Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal.
(G Carr et al.)

Famous trauma victims — Abraham Lincoln.
(Ross Moy)

Draft Programme for 10th Annual Conference

Trauma Care is pleased to announce the availability of the draft programme for our 10th Trauma Care International Conference in Telford from 10th to 14th May 2010.

The conference programme (version 11 Feb 10) and application form is available for download. Please go to the Conference 2010 page for a message from the Chairman, Professor Keith Porter.

Trauma Care was founded in 1996 to address the need for commonly agreed standards of best clinical practice in the management of trauma.

The Need

Trauma is a serious public health problem, with notable social and economic costs. In the UK, 17,000 deaths each year are a direct result of injuries. Annually, injuries lead to 720,000 hospital admissions and 6 million visits to emergency departments [1]. Victims of trauma receive care and attention from many individuals within a wide range of specialities and professional backgrounds. Without commonly agreed standards, patients’ outcome may be less than optimal.

Aim

Trauma Care aims to improve the outcome of the trauma victim by establishing best practice throughout the whole chain of care. We achieve this through education, research and publishing.

A Diverse Membership

Membership is open to to all medical disciplines - including clinicians, paramedics, nurses - and to members of the emergency services. No other organisation encompasses the diverse specialities involved in care of trauma victims from the moment of injury, to the return to active life.

Achievements

Trauma Care is working towards its aim thus:

The Future

Trauma Care is now the leading UK organisation promoting multidisciplinary involvement in education designed to optimise the care of the trauma victim. We are now in our 11th year, and our annual international conference is a recognised highlight in the trauma education calendar.

Our membership is currently growing by more than 20% each year and our journal "Trauma" has an ever-increasing number of subscriptions. In addition, the first edition of the Trauma Care Manual is now established as the definitive statment of best clinical practice in the UK.

Having consolidated our reputation, Trauma Care looks forward to the development of further statements of best practice on key clinical issues, and to furthering the development of our regional structure, which has been successfull in developing a number of regional conferences in the UK.

Trauma Care Manual Second Edition

Trauma Care is pleased to announce the publication of the new Trauma Care Manual. A synopsis of the Manual is available for downloadOpens in a new window.

To order your copy of the Manual at the special price of £29.99 with FREE postage and packing (RRP: £34.99), order online at www.pressoffers.co.uk/bsh356. Alternatively phone 0870 7552122 and quote offer code BSH356 with your credit card details or send a postal order or cheque made payable to Bookshop Partnership Ltd to: Trauma Care Manual, Offer Code BSH356, PO Box 104, Ludlow, SY8 1YB. Please allow 28 days for delivery.

1. Health Protection in the 21st Century - Understanding the Burden of Disease; Preparing for the Future. Part 10: Injuries. Health Protection Agency, 2005.


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News

The 2010 International Trauma Care Conference will take place at the Park Inn, Telford from 10th-14th May 2010.

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