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TRAUMA CARE IN IRELAND

Some of the recommendations of the Trauma
Steering Group report “A Trauma System for Ireland”
are as follows;

• The HSE should implement an inclusive hub- In 2021 the Mater University Hospital, Dublin was
and-spoke Trauma System in Ireland comprising designated as the Major Trauma Centre for the Central
of two regional Trauma Networks. Network.

• Two Major Trauma Centres corresponding to It will be some time before the infrastructure and
the two Trauma Networks (Central and South) guidelines are in place to enable DFB’s practitioners
should be located in the most populated areas, bypass catchment area hospitals to bring trauma
namely Dublin city and Cork city, in order to patients to the nearest Trauma Unit or Major Trauma
optimise access and ensure the minimum Centre. DFB look forward to working with our
caseload required for better outcomes. colleagues in the National Ambulance Service, the
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and the Central
• Patients with suspected major trauma are Trauma Network in achieving this important goal.
taken directly to a Major Trauma Centre where
travel times are within 45 minutes or if travel
times exceed this, to the nearest Trauma Unit
for rapid stabilisation and subsequent transfer
to the Major Trauma Centre if the complexity
of their injuries exceeds the capability of the

Trauma Unit.

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