%0 Journal Article %T Improvements in the Management of Trauma Patients With the Introduction of a Lower Limb Trauma Coordinator %J Trauma Monthly %I Official Publication of the National Center for Trauma Research %Z 2251-7464 %A Mendis, Dulani %A Vesely, Martin %D 2011 %\ 01/01/2011 %V 16 %N 4 %P 201-202 %! Improvements in the Management of Trauma Patients With the Introduction of a Lower Limb Trauma Coordinator %K Lower extremity %K Trauma %R 10.5812/kowsar.22517464.3424 %X Mortality and morbidity from trauma continues to be a serious, ubiquitous public health problem. Our short communication reports on the benefits of a dedicated lower limb trauma coordinator (LLTC) to the trauma service of a busy inner-London Plastics unit. This is based on a retrospective case-note based audit; performed 19 months prior to the introduction of the LLTC and for 16 months after. After the introduction of a LLTC our statistical analysis demonstrated a significant improvement in trauma timings in terms of injury to referral time, time to first plastics operation and duration of inpatient stay. This suggests the use of a fully qualified nurse with an orthopaedic background as a coordinator may prove to be highly advantageous over a non-clinical administrator improving the overall journey of the lower limb trauma patient in the English National Health Service. %U https://www.traumamon.com/article_99791_6ec3e3b7064c99f910f45c85ba0f05f7.pdf