The Trauma Tools collection lists materials that are helpful in organizing and facilitating the clinical practice of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. These include clinical materials such as order sets, templates for admission history and physical notes, progress notes, ICU notes and procedure notes. The collection also includes Administrative and Educational Tools for a variety of uses. Our users are encouraged to download any of the material in this collection for their use and to submit their contributions for possible inclusion and dissemination.

To submit information, please email Sharon Gautschy.  Include a description of the resource and the category under which it should be listed.

AAST Grand Rounds

The National Trauma Grand Rounds was piloted for the last year (2009) and is now nationwide with webcasting.  Currently, viewing is available for most recent four presentations - to view the presentations, click on the title below.  

• Management of Blunt Splenic Injury, Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, November 20, 2009
• Abdominal Wall Defects:  Acute and Long-term Management, Martin Croce, MD, University of Tennessee-Memphis, January 29, 2010
• Compartmental Syndrome and Fasciotomies, David V. Feliciano, MD, Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, March 31, 2010
• Current Management Strategies in Aortic Injury, Thomas Scalea, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, June 2, 2010
• An Update on Acute Care Surgery, Grace Rozycki, MD, MBA, Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, July 28, 2010

Future webcasts will be held at 5:00 pm EST and are set for the following dates:

• October 27 - Acute Sigmoid Diverticulitis by Rao Ivatury, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
• December 1 - Penetrating Torso Trauma by L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, Eastern Virginia Medical School

(To join the webcast on the day of the event, either click on any of the archived sessions or click here.  The link to the site will be live approximately 30 minutes prior to the starting of the event.)

If you are interested in presenting or being a live site, please contact the AAST office.  Additional information on the sessions, will be sent out in future E-News or located on this page. There is no cost to participate and all are welcome for the webcast portion. 

Patient Care Resources

Progress Notes

• Ward Note example
• ICU Progress Note example 1 

• ICU Progress Note example 2 

Procedure Notes

• INOVA Fairfax Procedure Note example

Discharge Forms

• INOVA Fairfax Patient Instruction example

Tools for Rounds

• Critical Care Blueprint 

Trauma Manuals

• IFH Trauma Manual 2006 (6.5 MB)

Professional Resources

Injury Scoring Scales

• Online Injury Scoring Resource for Trauma Care Professionals
• Injury Scoring Scale (PDF version)

• Update:  The Organ Injury Scale I: Spleen, LIver and Kidney has been updated.  It is reprinted here with permission from the American College of Surgeons, Journal of American College of Surgeons:  Volume 207, Issue, 5, Pages 646-645.  Organ Injury Scale I

 Screening and Brief Intervention Trauma Guide

CDC has developed Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Step-By-Step Implementation Guide for Trauma Centers to help Level I and II trauma centers plan, implement, and continually improve the new Committee on Trauma (COT) alcohol-screening and brief intervention requirements.

Download the SBI Billing Manual to learn how to bill for it.  The manual was written by Penny Osmon and Richard Brown of the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles. 

Multi-Institutional Trials

• EAST Research Clearinghouse - a Multi-Institutional Trials Clearinghouse
• AAST Multi-Institutional Studies page