Quality Improvement in Trauma Anesthesiology
摘要
To summarize the current state of quality improvement for trauma anesthesia.
Recent FindingsWhile the basics of quality improvement (QI) in anesthesiology have been understood for some time, trauma care is a multidisciplinary, multi-specialty effort. QI for the trauma anesthesia service therefore includes both the traditional metrics and outcomes for any anesthesia service, such as success with airway management, as well as team-based metrics that capture the holistic reality of trauma care. Anesthesia care impacts global metrics such as risk-adjusted probability of survival, patient length of stay, resuscitative requirements, timely access to the operating room, and overall patient satisfaction. Continuous improvement is frequently through team-based educational and practice initiatives that include all the stakeholders in trauma patient outcomes and not just anesthesia clinicians.
SummaryAnesthesia QI for trauma patients consists of both anesthesia-specific QI initiatives and team-based multidisciplinary efforts. Recommendations and suggested metrics for both domains are presented with examples of QI projects from the current literature.