Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2003 · 13 citations · 6 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryOrthopedic SurgeryOrthopedicsPatient SafetyTrauma CareOrthopedic Trauma CarePrehospital Trauma CareTrauma NursingTrauma OrthopedicsTrauma TransportTrauma TriageHospital Admission AvoidanceInterdisciplinary Trauma Care CoordinationWorkload
Published guidelines recommend early transfer of patients with hip fractures to hospital wards and avoidance of unnecessary delays in A&E. We describe a protocol whereby the liaison of an orthopaedic trauma co-ordinator with A&E reduced A&E-to-ward transfer times by 43%. Following introduction of the new protocol, 39% of hip fracture patients were in a ward bed within 3 h of admission to A&E compared to 4% previously. The new protocol also reduces administrative workload for the on-call orthopaedic SHOs.
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Factors Affecting Hip Fracture Mortality
Stephen B. Sexson, James T. Lehner · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 1987 · 219 citations
Factors affecting the outcome after proximal femoral fractures
H.J. Fox, Jillian Pooler, D. Prothero et al. · Injury · 1994 · 79 citations