The document discusses updates to the hospital's trauma activation process, including considering the speed and height of falls, improving communication between triage nurses and unit secretaries, and clearly defining the roles of emergency medical services, triage nurses, unit secretaries, and doctors during a trauma activation. It emphasizes the importance of critical thinking skills, obtaining necessary patient information, and teamwork in effectively activating the trauma team and preparing the trauma room for incoming patients.

1. Trauma Activation

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