What is a trauma center and what is it for?
What is a trauma center? The answer to this question you will get from the article. In addition, we will tell you about why such centers are needed and what tasks they perform. 
General information
A trauma center is a department of a polyclinic that is designed to provide the necessary medical care to patients who have been injured. It should be noted that such centers should be present in every city or large populated area.
Main tasks of
Why do you need a city trauma center? Such a department of the clinic is required for:
- providing primary health care or medical care, including emergency, with various injuries, as well as diseases of the bone or muscle systems;
- providing children with primary medical or sanitary care, including emergency, with various injuries;
- providing emergency dental or surgical care in the evening or at night;
- carrying out a number of measures to restore the function of systems and organs that were disturbed as a result of injuries;
- training( and when it is impossible and recoverable) patients and their immediate family to self-service in accordance with the new living conditions that have arisen as a result of injuries to the bone or muscle system.
Medical indications for emergency care
An adult or pediatric trauma clinic in Moscow and other Russian cities can be contacted if:
- has uninfected soft tissue wounds without damage to muscles, tendons, large vessels, nerve trunks that are accompanied by a general satisfactory patient condition;
- injuries;
- sprains of the ligamentous apparatus of the joints, which are not complicated by hemarthrosis;
- traumatic dislocations in the joints of the upper limbs, as well as the feet and fingers of the hand;
- single rib fractures without any damage to the pleura;
- bruises of the spine, thorax and so on;
- closed fractures of bones that are accompanied without bias or with displacement, but only if the fragments are susceptible to retention and repositioning;
- limited burns, but less than 5% of the body surface;
- frostbites that do not require surgical intervention.
Which doctors are involved
The trauma station is able to quickly organize recovery treatment for patients with musculoskeletal injuries in specialized physiotherapy units. At the same time, trauma doctors for these purposes can attract relevant professionals, namely: rheumatologist, cardiologist, therapist, neurologist, physiotherapist, surgeon, and so on.
It should also be noted that all round-the-clock traumatology points in Moscow and other Russian cities are equipped with everything necessary to provide prompt, qualified medical care for any animal bites, skin damage and musculoskeletal system that do not require hospitalization.
What is included in the
? Any trauma center includes:
- a primary patients' reception room, where one or two trauma doctors must be admitted;
- registry, where patients are being recorded for repeated reception( as a rule, the primary one is held without access to the registration window);
- re-admission children's office;
- adult re-reception cabinet;
- one or two dressings designed to treat wounds, as well as burn surfaces;
- gypsum cabinet, intended for the application of various plaster casts;
- operating room intended for primary surgical treatment of wounds, as well as other surgical interventions;
- vaccination room designed to administer drugs that are essential for the prevention of such dangerous infections as rabies or tetanus;
- dental office, where surgeons and dentists should conduct the procedure;
- is a separate X-ray room that is equipped with modern X-ray equipment.
What is needed for
It should be noted that in large populated areas, it is envisaged that not only common centers, but specially directed ones, are envisaged. So, if necessary in Moscow or other major cities, you can contact the eye trauma center. However, in any of them the following procedures are performed:
- treatment of wounds with subsequent suturing;
- X-ray diagnostics for any injuries of the musculoskeletal system;
- course of prophylactic vaccination against rabies after bites by animals;
- treatment of bruises, fractures and sprains of ligaments;
- correction of bone dislocation, reposition in fractures with displacement of bone fragments;
- emergency tetanus prophylaxis;
- rendering of the first medical care for burns that were formed in a small area( except for cases when treatment in the burn center is necessary);
- providing emergency dental or surgical care;
- removal of any foreign bodies that have fallen into soft tissue.
Non-standard cases
In case of acute necessity, patients from the trauma center are sent to hospital for traumatology, surgery or neurosurgery.
It should be noted that in such centers, medical assistance is provided to absolutely all applicants free of charge, regardless of the absence or availability of a policy and residence permit.