title: Trauma care systems in Italy.
abstract: In this article we analyse the Italian Trauma System, stressing what has been modified over the last decade, in order to provide a more adequate and safe pre-hospital care, as well as a more efficient in-hospital treatment. We describe how the 118 operative exchange is organised, the most important educational courses for the health personnel and the new emergency/urgency structures called DEA.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Ortopedica Galeazzi, Unità Operativa di Traumatologia, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, Milan I-20161, Italy. antonio.pace@ortopedia-traumi.net
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pace
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education; D005544:Forecasting; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*