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The South East Major Trauma Network Management guidelines are now accessible via the NHS Lothian Clinical Companion App Download the Lothian Clinical Companion App from the App Store or view the South East Scotland Major Trauma Guidelines on your browser[...]

Obstetric Code Red Trauma Call Timeline video[...]

The South East Trauma Network is delighted to confirm that the network went live on Monday 30th August 2021. This coincided with the launch of the network in the West of Scotland and implementation of the Trauma Triage Tools (TTTs) across Scotland. Well done to teams across the South East for this huge achievement. Implementation[...]

A single point of contact telephone number has been established to allow Trauma Units an easy pathway to refer patients directly to the Paediatric Major Trauma Centre (automatic acceptance). A protocol has been developed to illustrate the referral pathways for patients with single-system and multi-system injuries. It is expected that launch of the new referral[...]

A narrated powerpoint has been developed by South East of Scotland Rehab Coordinator, Sophie Peacock and West of Scotland AHP Consultant, Karen Scott to provide staff with an overview of the rehab plan and guidance on how to complete it effectively. It is expected this will encourage continuity in how the rehab plan is recorded across[...]

The Major Trauma Centre team have been working with app developers to adapt the South East Trauma Network Guidelines into a mobile app. The app will contain guidelines covering over 35 trauma related topics and is expected to be available to download cross the region from October 2021[...]

The Scottish Trauma Audit Group published their STAG Annual Report in June 2021. The report looks at activity and compliance with key performance indicators across Scotland for the year 2020. Despite the covid-19 pandemic there was no significant change in the number of patients sustaining severe trauma. STN compliance with key performance indicators also remained on par[...]