Trauma Services

Clinical Care

Clinical Care Mission Statement

"To coordinate, facilitate and continually improve comprehensive family centered care, within the era of managed care and cost containment, for injured children and families through system refinement, education, research, quality assurance and clinical expertise."

Trauma Resuscitation Team

The trauma resuscitation team responds to the Emergency Department when a severely injured child arrives. This team consists of members providing direct patient care and an outer team which provides support services.

For a trauma resuscitation to be efficient, every member of the trauma resuscitation team must understand their specific role and function. The trauma resuscitation team trains monthly using high-fidelity human patient simulators in order to perfect communication and patient care.

Trauma Resuscitation Core Nurses

The trauma resuscitation core nurses are from the Emergency Department and the Specialty Resource Unit. They excel in their knowledge and skill in caring for traumatically-injured children and their families, providing expert care during the initial trauma resuscitation and during the patient's hospitalization.

Each nurse has participated in advanced trauma training to provide a higher level of nursing care to injured children. In addition to unit-based nursing education requirements, the trauma core nurses take part in other educational opportunities, including:

Human patient simulator training
Trauma Journal Club
Case review
Web-based education
Trauma lectures

Our trauma nurses utilize advanced critical thinking to prioritize care needs and to anticipate and proactively intervene accordingly.

Get More Information about Trauma Resuscitation Core Nurse Program

If you would like more information about Cincinnati Children's Trauma Resuscitation Core Nurse program, please call our trauma education specialist at 513-636-3617 or 513-636-7865.

Multidisciplinary Trauma Team

Trauma Clinic

Patients and families are seen and evaluated by a trauma nurse practitioner and / or a pediatric trauma surgeon to assure recovery from injuries. Ongoing needs, such as pain, wound care, suture removal and return to school are discussed. Based upon that child's needs, there may be referral to specialty resources such as:

Sports Medicine
Pediatric Rehabilitation
Pain Clinic
Psychology
Social Services

Make an Appointment

To make an appointment with the Trauma Clinic, please call our trauma nurse coordinator at 513-636-8556 or a trauma nurse practitioner at 513-636-3617 / 513-636-7865.

School Re-entry

Teachers, classmates and the injured child all benefit from the school re-entry initiative offered by Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children's.

We education school staff, including the teacher, teacher's aide or school nurse about the child's injuries and on-going medical needs. This promotes the child's safety and increase the comfort level of the school staff.

the classroom component takes advantage of the "teachable moment" to educate the class on safety and injury prevention. The program is specifically tailored for each unique situation.