Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Imhof, Hans-Georg; Lenzlinger, Philipp M.

doi:10.1007/s00068-005-2061-5

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“…Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) continue to be a twenty-first century scourge that remains subterranean and mostly invisible in our societies [1–3]. These types of injuries represent only one of the myriad of emergency medical challenges faced daily and are ones that require policy redress regionally, nationally, and internationally [4].…”

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Towards systemic sustainable performance of TBI care systems: emergency leadership frontiers

Denis

2010

Int J Emerg Med

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BackgroundTraumatic brain injuries (TBIs) continue as a twenty-first century subterranean and almost invisible scourge internationally. TBI care systems provide a safety net for survival, recovery, and reintegration into social communities from this scourge, particularly in Canada, the European Union, and the USA.AimsThis paper examines the underlying issues of systemic performance and sustainability of TBI care systems, in the light of decreasing care resources and increasing demands for services.MethodsThis paper reviews the extant literature on TBI care systems, systems reengineering, and emergency leadership literature.ResultsThis paper presents a seven care layer paradigm, which forms the essence of systemic performance in the care of patients with TBIs. It also identifies five key strategic drivers that hold promise for the future systemic sustainability of TBI care systems.ConclusionsTransformational leadership and engagement from the international emergency medical community is the key to generating positive change. The sustainability/performance care framework is relevant and pertinent for consideration internationally and in the context of other emergency medical populations.

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Towards systemic sustainable performance of TBI care systems: emergency leadership frontiers

Denis

2010

Int J Emerg Med

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Modernes Traumamanagement

Österwalder

Weber

2011

Orthopädie Und Unfallchirurgie

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The Yin and Yang of Integrated Care: Systemic Imperatives for Traumatic Brain Injuries

H.J.

2014

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Traumatic brain injuries remain a 21st century scourge that remains subterranean and mostly invisible in our societies. Integrated care systems for traumatic brain injury patients effectively integrate the key systemic components horizontally and vertically so as to improve patient outcomes and systemic performance. This review paper briefly identifies the nature of traumatic brain injuries in Canada and the European Union. Internationally, there is a wide spectrum of health care systems and supporting infrastructures that reflect a very diverse and complex range of societal values, political ideologies, and states of economic and social development. As a consequence, each nation or political entity will have a different response or ability to respond to traumatic brain injuries. The manuscript underscores the need to recognize traumatic brain injuries as a universal public health challenge and briefly identifies the systemic components of care in Canada and the European Union that are sociopolitical entities that have a blend of both government-directed and marketeconomies. The paper posits that there are four evolving systemic imperatives that should be considered in providing effective care to the traumatic brain injury patients for the 21 st century. These include: integrated care planning; integrated information systems; virtualized continuity of care and health leadership imperatives. How each socioeconomic entity integrates these building blocks will vary, as will the effectiveness to these types of injuries. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of public health choices that lie at the heart of the scourge of traumatic brain injuries.

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Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Cited by 4 publications

References 122 publications

Towards systemic sustainable performance of TBI care systems: emergency leadership frontiers

Towards systemic sustainable performance of TBI care systems: emergency leadership frontiers

Modernes Traumamanagement

The Yin and Yang of Integrated Care: Systemic Imperatives for Traumatic Brain Injuries

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