Experience of two first level hospitals in the southwest region of Colombia on the implementation of the Panamerican Trauma Society International Trauma Registry.

Objective: To describes the experience in the implementation of a TRS in two hospitals in Cali, Colombia.

Methods: The TRS includes prehospitalary, during hospitalization and discharging status information of each patient. Each hospital has an electronic data capture strategy.

Are trauma patients better off in a trauma ICU?

Unlabelled: There is very little data on the value of specialized intensive care unit (ICU) care in the literature. To determine if specialize ICU care for the trauma patient improved outcomes in this patient population. Level I Trauma Center Compared outcomes of trauma patients treated in a surgical trauma ICU (STICU) to those treated in non- trauma ICUs (non-STICU).