2. What's New??
O Speed and Height of Fall
O Paging Doctors
O Flow of Activation
O Trauma Activation Form
O Trauma Room Phones
3. What Does This Mean?
O Lead Triage RN
O Critical Thinking Skills
O Necessary Information
O Better Communication
O TEAM WORK!
4. Lead Triage RN
O EMS calls in / the patient walks in
O Initiates the Activation form
O Obtains necessary information
O Calls the US with information
O Gets the form to the US
5. Unit Secretary
O Calls “3333” to have Operator page the Trauma
O Overhead pages Trauma Level / Room / ETA
O Pages Doctors for the trauma to Secretary
phone
O Documents names and times of consults
O ER MD in trauma room - transfer the call into
the trauma room wall phone
O ER MD not in trauma room - transfer the call to
their portable phone
6. EMS
O EMS activates a trauma in the field
O DOES NOT meet criteria for activation
O Trauma is not activated
O EMS activates a trauma in the field
O DOES meet criteria for activation
O Trauma is activated
