The government is entering into a long-term collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, to revamp the trauma care management, protocols, processes and systems so as to bring down trauma-related mortality and long-term disabilities in the State by at least 50% in the next three years.
A MoU in this regard will be drawn up between the government and the AIIMS soon, senior Health officials said.
A two-member team from the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Care Centre, AIIMS, including Medical Superintendent Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi and Tej Prakash, held discussions with Health Minister K.K. Shylaja and Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajeev Sadanandan on making the trauma system here more scientific and evolved. Monday’s discussions followed a visit by the Health Minister to the JPNATC at AIIMS on March 23.
Nurse-driven system
“Unlike our trauma system which is doctor-centric, AIIMS has a nurse-driven trauma management system and an online trauma information management system for reporting medico-legal cases and a patient information system. Very often, a breakdown in communication is one reason violence breaks out in our casualty wings. AIIMS has trained trauma nurse coordinators who take care of this part.
Also, it has a public display system wherein the relatives of the patient waiting outside will be updated on the details of the patient,” says Mohammed Asheel, a member of the national technical expert committee on trauma, who had visited AIIMS along with the Minister last month.
The AIIMS team has thus agreed to do the hand-holding to help the State develop AIIMS-like systems in government medical colleges and major district and general hospitals in the State in the initial phase.
New team to be trained
Though some doctors from the State have already received training in AIIMS, a new team, including doctors and staff nurses from both medical colleges and the Directorate of Health Services will soon be sent to New Delhi for training.
One focus area will be disability prevention through proper and timely trauma care because acquired disabilities constitute about 47% of the total disability in the State. A chunk of this is due to road traffic accidents and trauma (fall) injuries.
