A pre-hospital team is called to a motorcyclist who has crashed at high speed. He has a deformed left femur, a suspected pelvic fracture, and a GCS of...

Question

A pre-hospital team is called to a motorcyclist who has crashed at high speed. He has a deformed left femur, a suspected pelvic fracture, and a GCS of 6. The team activates a pre-hospital major trauma alert. Per UK trauma systems, what is the standard threshold for bypassing the local hospital and transporting directly to a Major Trauma Centre?

Accepted Answer

Patients meeting specific physiological, anatomical, or mechanism criteria (including GCS ≤13, SBP  29, penetrating trauma, unstable pelvic fracture, and others) should be transported directly to an MTC

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MTC bypass requires consultant authorisation from the receiving hospital

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Only patients with penetrating trauma qualify for MTC bypass

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All trauma patients should go to the nearest hospital first

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Only patients in cardiac arrest should bypass to an MTC

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Major Trauma Centre Bypass Criteria