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Thu Apr 19 11:57:23 BST 2007

Our cut off is the patient's 16th birthday.  Kids under that age go to the pediatric hospital across the drive if they don't meet criteria for activation.  If the do, however, they come to the Hartford Hospital ED where they are seen by the trauma team, including the pediatric trauma surgeon and pedi nursing staff.  We have a dedicated pedi trauma resuscitation room.

>>> "Hardcastle, Tim, Dr <tch at sun.ac.za>" <tch at sun.ac.za> 4/19/2007 1:11 AM >>>
Bryan

Team / response is same - admitting service differs: If under age 13 they go to PaedSurg for definitive management. Trauma Service does resus and work-up.

Tim
Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B.,Ch.B.(Stell); M.Med(Chir); FCS(SA)
Senior Surgeon / Senior Lecturer: Surgery (Trauma and ICU)
ATLS  instructor and DSTC Cape Town Course Director
Intern program Coordinator: Surgery
M.Med (Emergency Medicine) Executive Committee member
Clinical Head (Director): Diana Princess of Wales Trauma Unit
Division of Surgery (General) Room 4064
Department of Surgical Sciences
Tygerberg Hospital / University of Stellenbosch
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Tygerberg 7505
Western Cape
South Africa
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Do you have a separate team/response for Pediatric Trauma?  If so, what is
your age cut-off?  Under 18 Peds Seurgery/PICU, over 18 Trauma Surg/SICU?
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