The US has the task of supporting both the county and the southeastern region of the hospital in particularly complex accidents with advanced trauma care. Trauma care often involves many different clinics and the purpose of Traunacentrum US is to keep trauma care together across clinic boundaries.
"New studies indicate that centralized trauma care can save lives," says Per Loftås, surgeon at the surgeon's clinic in a press release.
Since September, there has been a trauma case that should be the contact route for the other hospitals. It regardless of the patient's injuries.
- A hospital that contacts the US about a trauma patient should only need to dial a number. Then we who are involved - emergency, IVA, surgeon, orthopedic or neurosurgeon - will work together and talk to us. We call between the clinics and solve all the questions, says Per Loftås.