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TRAUMA CARE IN IRELAND

Some of the recommendations of the Trauma designated as the Major Trauma Centre for the
Steering Group report “A Trauma System for Ireland” Central Network.
are as follows;
It will be some time before the infrastructure and
• The HSE should implement an inclusive hub-and- guidelines are in place to enable DFB’s practitioners
spoke Trauma System in Ireland comprising of bypass catchment area hospitals to bring trauma
two regional Trauma Networks. patients to the nearest Trauma Unit or Major Trauma
Centre. DFB look forward to working with our
• Two Major Trauma Centres corresponding to the colleagues in the National Ambulance Service, the
two Trauma Networks (Central and South) should Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and the Central
be located in the most populated areas, namely Trauma Network in achieving this important goal.
Dublin city and Cork city, in order to optimise
access and ensure the minimum caseload required
for better outcomes.

• Patients with suspected major trauma are 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.

In 2021 the Mater University Hospital, Dublin was

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