News & Events News News & Events News Community stories Conferences Training & education Quality Improvement Facilitator course Trauma Team Training News What's new in trauma? We bring you the latest in trauma research, stories and news happening internationally and locally. If you have a story you would like shared here, let us know. March 2020Injury research opportunitiesInterested in injury? We would like to collaborate with clinicians/researchers who want to advance the understanding of the burden of trauma in Aotearoa. Find out about potential project opportunities and more here. January 2020The Year AheadThis time last year it would have been hard to imagine the events of March 15th and December 9th which required trauma responses of a scale and type not previously required in NZ. So in 2020, what will lie before us? Without considering what might unpredictably be thrust upon us, it will nonetheless be an important year for trauma activity. Most importantly, it will be the start of the quality improvement initiatives, provided by the Health Quality and Safety Commission (The Commission) on behalf of the Network. Critical haemorrhage, rehabilitation, and serious traumatic brain injury are all QI activities which will be initiated shortly, or in near future. In parallel, a trauma quality improvement facilitator (TQIF) course will be run by Ko Awatea with participants from DHBs around NZ and our prehospital providers. In July we will transition to new Major Trauma Registry software which we hope will be more user friendly and useful at a local and national level. In August, we will run our first National Trauma Symposium (www.traumasymposium.nz) with Chris Moran, clinical lead for the Trauma Network in the UK as well as Belinda Gabbe and Michael Dinh from Australia. And before long it will be the end of the year. While hoping for as low an incidence of trauma as possible, inevitably it will occur and our role in the Network is to make sure patients are cared for as efficiently and effectively as possible leaving them both alive and able to return as close as possible to their previous quality of life. Ian Civil, National Clinical LeadSiobhan Isles, National Programme Manager Home search About Us Our History Our Mission Our People Governance Regional Trauma Networks Publications & Resources Annual reports and plans Trauma resources and guidelines Out-of-hospital Traumatic Brain Injury T Trauma Nursing Framework Other publications Conference videos Trauma Registry National Minimum Data Set for trauma Governance and access to registry data Quality Improvement Programme Information for patients News & Events News Community stories Conferences Training & education Quality Improvement Facilitator Trauma Team Training Log in
