California Association of Neurological Surgeons' Emergency Services Committee report: guidelines for establishment of trauma centers.
The CANS supports the concept of organized neurological trauma care consisting of an appropriate amalgamation of prepared communities, institutions, and adequate numbers of committed neurosurgeons. It further supports the guidelines of the ACS regarding institutions designated to receive trauma cases. It opposes mandatory uncompensated limitations on practice imposed by trauma institutions. It supports the concept of prehospital triage of trauma victims as conducted by well-trained field personnel and reasonable triage criteria agreed upon by the local neurosurgical community. It further supports audit systems that include neurosurgeons to assess and improve the quality of neurosurgical care.
D003256:Community Participation; D006285:Health Planning; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020196:Trauma, Nervous System; D014218:Triage