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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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
uk/hand_trauma_app .aspx