Hand Injury Triage Tool https://www.bssh.ac.uk/hand_trauma_app.aspx Sarah Tucker Consultant Hand and Plastic Surgeon Oxford @sarahTucker68

Sometimes the flow of patients in an emergency facility can feel overwhelming. The British Society for Surgery of the Hand has been working to help make life easier for MIU and ED clinicians by providing a guidelines with that also provide educational material as you work through your patient’s problems.

The app/website Provides easy to follow algorithms OR straight to diagnosis Single click access to further explanations and links to utube videos available with single click Leads to a checklist of things that the primary centre needs to carry out Gives simple Traffic light guidance on the urgency of the referral

So, by following the simple instructions the ED clinician will know what to do, and which of these categories the patient falls into No Specialist input needed Needs to be seen the same day Next slot in daily clinic Emergency referral

https://www.bssh.ac. uk/hand_trauma_app .aspx Everything you need to launch from a desktop, apple device or android is right here at the click of a button https://www.bssh.ac. uk/hand_trauma_app .aspx