Trauma management and education in europe: a survey of twelve geographically and socioeconomically diverse European countries.
OBJECTIVE
To record the current standards of management and education in trauma surgery in 12 geographically and socioeconomically diverse countries in Europe.


METHODS
Questionnaire study.


METHODS
Teaching hospital, Austria.


METHODS
Questionnaire sent to experts on trauma in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.


METHODS
Comparison of management of patients before, during, and after admission to hospital, and opportunities for initial and in-service training.


RESULTS
Management of patients and opportunities for training varied considerably from country to country, ranging from an organised trauma service throughout with specialised training to a haphazard and variable service that depended more on individual hospitals, doctors and patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Standardisation of management and training would be desirable, and should be possible at least in countries that are members of the European Union.
Uranüs
Selman
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Department of Surgery, Karl-Franzens University School of Medicine, Graz, Austria. selman.uranues@uni-graz.at
Lennquist
Sten
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015996:Survival Rate; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*