October 19, 2022
The service will be dedicated to daily care for major trauma patients after admission to the QEII. It’s an extension of Trauma Nova Scotia and is led by a trauma care nurse and physician who will be on-call daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The position will rotate weekly among a group of trauma team leaders from surgery, anesthesia, critical care and emergency medicine. The trauma consult nurses are RNs with trauma experience and backgrounds in emergency medicine. Their role includes developing care plans as well as providing support, education and guidance to care teams. The service also aims to improve efficiencies with coordinated efforts; improve the patient, family and healthcare worker experience.