Documentation of Blunt Trauma in Europe Survey of the Current Status of Documentation and Appraisal of the Value of Standardization

Abstract

During the last decade, several European communities have begun to perform multicenter approaches to document trauma care and trauma care outcome. So far every country has begun to do this without communicating with each other and no coordination has been performed. The current manuscript compares these modes of documentation, their advantages and evaluates options for future standardization. Even though to date a wide variety of structures is available, the value and the opportunities of a European-wide standardized documentation process is highlighted.