Feasibility and Acceptance of a Teletrauma Surgery Consult Service to Rural and Community Hospitals: A Pilot Study.

Background: Many trauma patients currently transferred from rural and community hospitals (RCH) to Level I trauma centers (LITC) for trauma surgery evaluation may instead be appropriate for immediate discharge or admission to the local facility after evaluation by a trauma and acute care surgery (TACS) surgeon. Unnecessary use of resources occurs with current practice. We aimed to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptance of a teletrauma surgery consultation service between LITC and RCH.

Surviving traumatic cardiac arrest: Identification of factors associated with survival.

Introduction: The endpoint of resuscitative interventions after traumatic injury resulting in cardiopulmonary arrest varies across institutions and even among providers. The purpose of this study was to examine survival characteristics in patients suffering torso trauma with no recorded vital signs (VS) in the emergency department (ED).

Methods: The National Trauma Data Bank was analyzed from 2007 to 2015.