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24/03/2023 | Paediatrics
A major trauma patient has thanked staff at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow for saving her life, with a unique brain surgery which involved part of her skull being removed and stored in her stomach. Chelsey Smith was 15 when she was left with life-threatening injuries, following a road traffic accident in […]
Read more13/01/2023 | Rehabilitation
The development of the Major Trauma Service in the West of Scotland came with significant resource to provide rehabilitation in order to achieve the Scottish Trauma Networks stated aim of: Saving Lives. Giving Life Back. The rehabilitation team within the Major Trauma ward in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital are delivering early, intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation […]
Read more19/12/2022 | Education
What is it? HECTOR began as the Heartlands Elderly Care Trauma and Ongoing Recovery course that was established to develop a training programme for clinicians and independent practitioners who are responsible for looking after older people who have injuries. These injuries that an individual sustains often play second fiddle to the complex comorbidities, frailty, […]
Read more11/08/2022 | Paediatrics
Paediatric trauma pathways in the NoSTN have been rolled out and developed since August 2019 across Grampian and Highland. Over this time, service improvement projects have been carried out to improve delivery of care to these patients. Of significance are the number of patients to benefit from the trauma pathway within RACH who do not […]
Read more04/07/2022 | Education
The Scottish Trauma Network (STN) are pleased to announce the publication of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) NMAHP Development Framework for Major Trauma. This is hosted within the Education and Training section of the STN website; https://www.scottishtraumanetwork.com/our-work/education-learning/ The NMAHP Development Framework for Major Trauma will be used by NMAHP practitioners caring for major trauma patients […]
Read more04/07/2022 | Prehospital
Introduction by National Clinical Lead Annual report time arrives once again, and in this new style of presentation my superlatives for the work of all who support the continued work, development and improvements of the Scottish Trauma Network will be brief. This is just as well, as the resources of my thesaurus begin to abate. […]
Read more12/05/2022 | Prehospital
In April 2022 the ScotSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) North team marked 3 years of operations. EMRS North is part of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) and is funded through the Scottish Trauma Network (STN). Operating from the Aberdeen Airport ScotSTAR North base the duty team comprises of a retrieval consultant and a retrieval […]
Read more27/04/2022 | North of Scotland
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow are delighted to let you know that tickets are now available to purchase for our upcoming International Orthopaedic and Trauma Conference which will be delivered in hybrid format on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th May 2022. The conference has been approved for 12 CPD points. This […]
Read more08/04/2022 | North of Scotland
The NoS have released their Spring 2022. This issue updates on staffing changes, educational course and an update on the latest Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). An introduction from Anne-Marie, NoS Network Manager: Welcome to our new-look newsletter, we hope you like the new format. There is snow on the ground as I write this […]
Read more14/12/2021 | North of Scotland
Issue 12 – Winter Edition The North of Scotland (NoS) have released Issue 12 of their newsletter. The NoS newsletter features an update from network partners and network staff, upcoming educational dates, NoS network statistics over the past three years and an article on Paediatric Trauma Training that took place in Orkney. Please click HERE […]
Read more08/07/2021 | STN
Issue 11 – Summer 2021 The North of Scotland have released Issue 11 of their newsletter. The newsletter features updates from the STN, MTC and the trauma documentary. There is a focus on Psychology services within the network and information on upcoming education sessions. To download the newsletter, please click HERE
Read more30/06/2021 | Prevention
The eighth report by the Scottish Trauma Audit Group (STAG) since 2011 can be found on the Public Health Scotland website. Compliance with a subset of the Scottish Trauma Network Key Performance Indicators, case-mix adjusted mortality and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are within part one of the report. Part two and three provide a […]
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