Associate Professor Daniel Ellis, Director of Trauma, Royal Adelaide Hospital (CALHN), Co-Chair, South Australian Trauma System, dan.ellis@sa.gov.au
Nicole Kelly, Trauma Service Nursing Director, Royal Adelaide Hospital (CALHN), Co-Chair, South Australian Trauma System, nicole.kelly@sa.gov.au
The South Australian Trauma Registry collects information on all cases of major trauma admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the Lyell McEwin Hospital. The information collected includes injuries sustained, mechanism of injury, details of care received including transfer (from injury scene to a hospital and between hospitals) and patient outcome. Data is extracted from SA Ambulance Service, MedSTAR, the clinical record and hospital systems which provide medical imaging and pathology reports.
Reports from the SATR inform service providers about the quality of health care on a continuous basis in the different registry sites. The information is reported in various ways to the trauma clinical teams and is used to better understand opportunities for quality improvement. Clinical Indicator reports, published twice a year, bring together data from each of the hospital sites in addition to the production of ad hoc reports. Data from the SATR is also collated and reported (de-identified) to the Australian Trauma Quality Improvement Program led by Monash University (under an ethics agreement).
- Shared with clinicians
- Reported in other (non-public) reports including clinical audits and clinical indicator reports
- Feedback to contributing clinicians
- Reported to State/Territory health departments
Currently no collection of any post-discharge outcome measures on trauma patients in South Australia thus the SATR does not include any Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
The SATR does not report on patient reported experience measures (PREMS). All patient reported experiences for SA Health are recorded via the patient feedback platform on the Safety Learning System (SLS)
All four major metropolitan hospitals in South Australia participate in contributing data to the SA Trauma Registry which includes:
- SA’s Level 1 Adult Major Trauma Centres of the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre
- SA’s Level 1 Paediatric Major Trauma Centre - Women’s and Children’s Hospital
- SA’s Level 3 Metropolitan Trauma Centre - the Lyell McEwin Hospital
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