The Rehabilitation Prescription documents key information detailing your injuries, management and ongoing rehabilitation needs. To help with this transition we will provide all patients with contact details for the Major Trauma Team along with a copy of their own individual Rehabilitation Prescription. Leaving the Major Trauma Centre can be a worrying time for patients and their families whether you are going directly home or transferring for further care and rehabilitation. Support after discharge - Rehabilitation Prescription Our Pre-Hospital providers include South West Ambulance Service, Devon Air Ambulance, Great Western Air Ambulance, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and Wiltshire Air Ambulance. We work with a number of pre hospital providers who ensure that seriously injured patients are taken appropriately to a specialist centre for care. The Severn Major Trauma Network Trauma Units are: Major Trauma Map Cheltenham and Weston General Hospital are local emergency hospitals within the network they are not designated trauma units and will not receive any acute major trauma patients but do receive patients transferring out of the Major Trauma Centre after initial treatment. Patients who are not local to Bristol will sometimes transfer back to their local unit for further care and rehabilitation which enables patients to continue their recovery closer to home and family. Trauma units provide initial stabilising treatment for some patients, and can provide some specialist care. Trauma Unitsĭepending on journey time and the type of injury, patients may be taken directly to Southmead Hospital from the scene of the trauma, or via another hospital a trauma unit. For more information visit Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. The day marked the first anniversary of the hospital becoming the Paediatric Major Trauma Centre for the South West of England, as well as the centralisation of specialist paediatric services in Bristol. In its first year, the centre has seen 202 paediatric major trauma patients. The Major Trauma Centre accepts patients from across the South West of England, from Cornwall to Gloucester, covering a paediatric population of around 810,000. In addition to clinical teams we have a team of experienced nurses and therapists who are available specifically to coordinate the care of seriously injured patients and provide support and information to patients and families both during and after their stay at the Major Trauma Centre. This will help improve patient’s chances of survival and help them recover faster it is estimated that survival rates are increased by up to 30%.
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The Brunel building, Southmead Hospital, is equipped with a helipad and a major specialty for:Īs a Major Trauma Centre, Southmead Hospital will ensure that patients who are admitted have access to specialist equipment and a full range of trauma specialists, including orthopaedics, neurosurgery and radiology teams. The Major Trauma Centre, supported by six acute trusts as designated trauma units, helps increase chances of survival and recovery for seriously ill patients. North Bristol NHS Trust is one of two designated Major Trauma Centres in South West England, servicing the Severn region. The regional Major Trauma Network ensures that patients who suffer serious injury within the Severn area are transported safely and quickly to an appropriate service, returned closer to home as soon as is possible (whilst maintaining specialist input into their care) and receive care of the highest quality irrespective of where they live and whenever they suffer a serious injury.
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