Management of Major Trauma Patients at Aarau Trauma Center - Evaluation of Processes and Patient Outcome

Quality control and improvement project: Assessment and analysis of processes and outcome in trauma emergency room and major trauma patients at the Aarau trauma center (cantonal hospital) with regard to initial emergency management, hospital processes and short- and long-term (1-and 2-year) outcome of patients (subjective and objective). Comparison of processes and outcome pre- and post- project initiative. Benchmarking with the literature and by participation in the German and Swiss Trauma registry each.