Trauma
SJH Emergency Medicine
Warning
Some of this section on trauma consists of localised protocols for the SJH ED.
Major trauma within NHS Lothian is spearheaded by the South East of Scotland Major Trauma Network (SETN). The main South East of Scotland Major Trauma Network guidelines can also be found on the Right Decision Service here: https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/south-east-scotland-major-trauma-guidelines/. The guidelines in this toolkit may help with decision making in trauma.
For quick access to the relevant algorithms on the SETN RDS toolkit, click the page on SETN pathways below.
As with the main handbook, the information does not replace clinical expertise, and if you are unsure of what to do please ask for a senior decision maker review.