Standardized Trauma Anesthesia Set Up and Its Relationship to Preparedness and Confidence of The Provider
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Meghann Runyon (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Linda Stone
Abstract: Background: Trauma anesthesia can be extremely unpredictable and have some of the most critically ill patients. This patient population requires quick interventions and demands many resources from the providers and the facility. A delay in care can be detrimental to a trauma patient’s outcome. The use of checklists and standardization can improve efficiency, prevent human errors, and reduce patient complications. Purpose: The goal of this DNP project is to assess the confidence of the provider to care for an emergent trauma case, compliance, and satisfaction of an implemented checklist and standardized trauma anesthesia set up. Methods: This quantitative study was performed at a Level-1 trauma center with sampling chosen from convenience. The study utilized a pre and post implementation survey and compared the two using a paired t-test as well as a t-test assuming unequal variances. Results: Post implementation of this standardized trauma anesthesia set up and trauma anesthesia medication box, the confidence of the providers increased from 77.2% to 92.1%. Satisfaction of the anesthesia set up increased from 74% to 94% and the trauma medication box increased from 84% to 96%. Compliance of the checklist resulted at 59%. Recommendations and Conclusion: The results of this study proved that a standardized trauma anesthesia set up improved satisfaction and the confidence of the provider. Further research should involve studying other benefits of this implementation for specifically the trauma patient population. This includes prevention of delay of care and decreased patient outcomes, less time spent in the operating room, and potential cost savings.
Standardized Trauma Anesthesia Set Up and Its Relationship to Preparedness and Confidence of The Provider
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Anesthesia, trauma, standardization, checklists, set-up