Despite some improvements in ensuring trauma patients get treatment early, in the right place, the system remains “sub-optimal”, according to the 2018 Major Trauma Audit report. Dr Deasy says the findings show the system of trauma care in Ireland is “sub-optimal” and an integrated system is needed, as proposed in a Department of Health report published in 2018. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has called on the next government to ensure the appropriate resourcing of trauma care across the country. “Complex time-critical care for trauma patients simply cannot be provided in small, isolated units,” according to RCSI president Ken Mealy. The current lack of resources and fragmentation of trauma care in Ireland is limiting what we know to be the application of best practice in trauma management.”

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2020 02:58 UTC