An appropriate clinical and system level response to trauma patients presenting to a healthcare facility is an essential component of excellence in trauma care. Critically ill trauma patients often require rapid activation and response of a multidisciplinary team, and therefore it is important to have established processes in place where acutely injured patients are managed.
Trauma Team Activation Criteria (TTAC) are widely used to guide this trauma response at a facility level. This guideline has been developed with consideration of the best available evidence-base in addition to extensive clinical experience; and local TTAC should always be developed with consideration of facility size and location, patient case mix and available services.
