Objectives: To determine the impact that the presence of a\npharmacist has on the care a trauma patient in the emergency\ndepartment.\nMethods: Single center, retrospective, observational study that\nassessed the charts of all trauma patients that presented as Priority\n1 or Priority 2 trauma alerts from December 1, 2009-November 30,\n2010. Patients were separated into two categories, pharmacist present\nand pharmacist not present. Patient age, gender, weight, past medical\nhistory, allergies and injuries sustained from trauma, medications\ngiven during trauma, and time from arrival to administration of\nmedications.\nResults: 508 charts were included in this study. Pharmacists\nwere present for 26% of these patients. When the pharmacist was\npresent it was more likely that the patient received the appropriate\ndose of antibiotic (99% vs 79%, p-value <0.05). In adult patients\nwhen the pharmacist was present the antibiotics were given faster\n(17.9 min vs 36.6 min, p-value <0.05).\nConclusion: The presence of pharmacists at trauma alerts can\nimprove the care that trauma patients receive.
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