Documentation should be detailed, chronological, and must include time of arrival and names of those present. Medical record keeping is an essential part of good medical practice. Re-evaluate Vital signs can change rapidly. Throughout the assessment of a trauma patient remember to re-evaluate your findings. You may discover something that you had initially missed.
Impaired consciousness is the most common cause of a diagnosis being missed.
Conclusion Managing multiply injured patients can be a scary experience. As part of a trauma team you will quickly learn to assess and resuscitate trauma patients and have an impact on their outcome. Oxford Kevin Turner research fellow in urology Molecular Oncology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Adam Jones specialist registrar in urology Churchill Hospital, Oxford American College of Surgeons. Advanced trauma life support course manual. American College of Surgeons, 1997.