State of practice in pediatric trauma care: Patients admitted to the designated facilities of the trauma care network between 2010 and 2015

Children and adolescent victims of traumas in Québec receive the care and services they require at one of the 59 trauma care-designated facilities. The levels of care, the resources available and the trajectories differ according to the severity and nature of the injury.

The data presented in this report provide a basis for considering different measures for optimizing the overall organization of services and continuity between the network partners, and for improving the capture of pediatric data in the available databases and follow-up mechanisms. This portrait could also help point to the prevention-related topics to be developed and guide the tailoring of the services designed specifically for the young trauma patients in our province.