Professor Kjetil SøreideMD PhD FRCS (Edin) FACS
Consultant General and HPB Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery & Lead, Gastrointestinal Translational Research Unit, Stavanger University Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway He is currently practicing as a consultant surgeon in HPB and general surgery in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery. He has had a long standing in interest in emergency surgery and trauma care. He was the medical director of the local trauma registry since its inception (2004-2011), he was the inaugural co-editor in chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. He was also on the inaugural board of the National Trauma registry from 2011 until its inception in 2013. |
He went to medical school at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Trained as a general and gastrointestinal surgeon at the Stavanger University Hospital in Norway. He has been adjunct professor at the University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Medicine since 2011. In 2017/2018 he was visiting professor at the Department of Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh.
He has received several travelling fellowship awards, including the ESSO international fellowship award and the James IVth travelling fellowship. He is a member of several distinguished surgical societies, including the European Surgical Association, the International Surgical Group, and several surgical associations, including European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and European-African hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Association (EAHPBA) Euroepan Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES). He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and the American College of Surgeons.
He has published over 300 PubMed indexed articles. Starting as an editor assistant in 2007/2008, prof. Soreide has been an editor of the British Journal of Surgery since 2010 and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. He is currently a member of the education and training committees in ESSO and E-AHPBA and a board member of the Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group (NGICG).
He has received several travelling fellowship awards, including the ESSO international fellowship award and the James IVth travelling fellowship. He is a member of several distinguished surgical societies, including the European Surgical Association, the International Surgical Group, and several surgical associations, including European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and European-African hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Association (EAHPBA) Euroepan Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES). He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and the American College of Surgeons.
He has published over 300 PubMed indexed articles. Starting as an editor assistant in 2007/2008, prof. Soreide has been an editor of the British Journal of Surgery since 2010 and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. He is currently a member of the education and training committees in ESSO and E-AHPBA and a board member of the Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group (NGICG).
Are Trauma Systems a Way to Better Outcomes for Patients with Major Trauma?
The work on a trauma system in Norway commenced in the early 2000s, leading to a ”white paper” on a National Trauma Plan in 2006. Up until then, most of trauma care had been based on the works of local enthusiasts, some focus on the prehospital care services, including physician-manned ground ambulance and helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). Some larger hospitals had dedicated teams and training, e.g. ATLS and DSTC courses on a regular basis. In the following decade, much effort was put on implementing more structured training for both surgeons and for trauma teams. A start of systems implementation across different regions were noted, but progress variable and inclucion in regional health care policies to differing degrees. A National Advisory Unit on Trauma was established in 2013, the same year as a National Trauma Registry (NTR) was implemented. A second revised trauma plan was launched in 2016, with further progress seen across health regions. However, NTR did not have full data capture until 2015, and access and accrual of data has been slower until full coverage and data capture was ensured. The trauma system as it exists and evolves must be seen in the context of geographic challenges, population density variation, seasonal climate challenges and resources across the country. The trauma system is still work in progress. Some lessons learned and experience will be discussed in the presentation.
The work on a trauma system in Norway commenced in the early 2000s, leading to a ”white paper” on a National Trauma Plan in 2006. Up until then, most of trauma care had been based on the works of local enthusiasts, some focus on the prehospital care services, including physician-manned ground ambulance and helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). Some larger hospitals had dedicated teams and training, e.g. ATLS and DSTC courses on a regular basis. In the following decade, much effort was put on implementing more structured training for both surgeons and for trauma teams. A start of systems implementation across different regions were noted, but progress variable and inclucion in regional health care policies to differing degrees. A National Advisory Unit on Trauma was established in 2013, the same year as a National Trauma Registry (NTR) was implemented. A second revised trauma plan was launched in 2016, with further progress seen across health regions. However, NTR did not have full data capture until 2015, and access and accrual of data has been slower until full coverage and data capture was ensured. The trauma system as it exists and evolves must be seen in the context of geographic challenges, population density variation, seasonal climate challenges and resources across the country. The trauma system is still work in progress. Some lessons learned and experience will be discussed in the presentation.