Becker's Healthcare January 10, 2025
Up to one-third of patients with critical injuries are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospital before being transferred to a higher-level trauma center. But these transfers can take hours and lead to preventable deaths, a recent study found.
The study, led by Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine and published in Annals of Surgery, analyzed transfers at nine high-level adult trauma centers and three high-level pediatric trauma centers. It used failure modes effects analysis to identify and rate failures in the transfer process and calculate each center’s risk priority number. Researchers also talked to 64 healthcare workers involved in receiving transferred patients to determine the most urgent areas for improvement, according to a Jan. 9 Northwestern Medicine news release.
Researchers found a...
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