TY - JOUR ID - 99791 TI - Improvements in the Management of Trauma Patients With the Introduction of a Lower Limb Trauma Coordinator JO - Trauma Monthly JA - TM LA - en SN - 2251-7464 AU - Mendis, Dulani AU - Vesely, Martin AD - Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 201 EP - 202 KW - Lower extremity KW - Trauma DO - 10.5812/kowsar.22517464.3424 N2 - 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. UR - https://www.traumamon.com/article_99791.html L1 - https://www.traumamon.com/article_99791_6ec3e3b7064c99f910f45c85ba0f05f7.pdf ER -