As eastern Wisconsin’s only adult Level I Trauma Center, we offer the most up-to-date, comprehensive trauma practice management guidelines. We also support other trauma centers with developing best practices.
Trauma Clinical Guidelines
- Brain
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Burns
- Burn Guideline — 10/2/2023
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Geriatric
- Geriatric Trauma Guideline — 7/6/2026
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Allied Health Services
- CT Imaging Guidelines for Traumatic Injuries — 6/1/2026
- Diagnostic Lab Tests on Trauma Patients Guideline — 4/1/2024
- Polytrauma Rehabilitation Guideline — 4/6/2026
- Trauma Patient Nutritional Therapy Guideline — 3/22/2025
- Ultrasound Imaging in Trauma Patients Guideline — 12/1/2024
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Orthopaedic and Spine
- Cervical Spine Clearance Guideline — 8/5/2024
- Management of Patients With Orthopaedic Injuries — 9/8/2025
- Penetrating Neck Injury Management Guideline — 10/4/2024
- Severe Pelvic Fractures Management Guideline — 8/4/2025
- Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Guideline — 3/7/2025
- Pain
- Screenings
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Trauma Clinical Care
- Blunt Chest Injuries Guideline — 10/6/2025
- Extremity Vascular Injuries — Evaluation and Management — 1/5/2026
- Interventional Radiology Consultation and Management of Aortic Injuries — 12/1/2025
- Major Trauma Resuscitation Blunt — 9/8/2025
- Management of Blunt Extra-Cranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injury Guideline — 1/5/2026
- Management of Emergency Airways in Patients With Traumatic Injuries — 2/2/2026
- Non-Operative Management of Blunt Solid Organ Injuries Guideline — 8/5/2024
- Notification of OR and Anesthesiologist for Emergent Operative Trauma Cases — 7/7/2025
- Open Abdomen (EGS and Trauma) Guideline — 1/6/2026
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Management — 6/1/2026
- Penetrating Chest Trauma Guideline — 10/4/2024
- Perioperative Management of Trauma Surgical Patients With Hypovolemic Shock Not Requiring the MTP — 2/8/2023
- Pregnant Trauma Patient Management Guideline — 10/7/2025
- Removal of Tourniquet Guideline — 2/2/2026
- Trauma Imaging Guideline — 10/1/2025
- Traumatic Arrest Guideline — 3/6/2023
- Trauma Resuscitation and Whole Blood Guideline — 11/7/2022
- Urologic Trauma Management Guideline — 12/1/2024
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Trauma Team, Activation and Tertiary Care
- Tertiary Summary Guideline — 12/1/2025
- Trauma Team Activation Criteria Guideline — 7/6/2026
- Trauma Team Roles Guideline — 1/5/2026
- Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Procedures
- Chest Tube (Pigtail) Insertion and Removal — 6/18/2025
- Gastrostomy Tube Troubleshooting Guideline — 4/3/2023
- Open Abdomen Protocol — 11/4/2024
- Pelvic Binder Application and Removal — 7/7/2025
- REBOA Procedure Guideline — 3/3/2025
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