Enhanced care teams (ECT)

The trauma triage tool will be followed by all enhanced care teams. Where a helicopter is used for patient transport, the 45 minutes applies to the total journey time from scene to the MTC emergency department. This includes all associated land ambulance transfers at either end.

If the enhanced care team feel there are good clinical grounds for taking the patient to the MTC but they are either not triggering the tool (anatomy or physiology) or are over 45 minutes journey time, they (or their consultant) should discuss decisionmaking early with the duty consultant at Network Co-ordination Service.

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Network Co-ordination service