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The National Major Trauma Rehabilitation Group (NMTRG) brings together therapists from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The group aims to use the wealth of clinical knowledge from its members to develop national rehabilitation guidelines, deliver education and pioneer research in the major trauma setting.
The key Objectives of the group are:
To develop national benchmarked guidelines for the treatment of major trauma injuries and the holistic treatment of major trauma patients
To share understanding and knowledge of common issues and best practice
To collaborate with the National Major Trauma & Burns Clinical Reference Group
To research into topics of high interest for the Rehabilitation Group and those highlighted by National institutions
All NMTRG resources are available free of charge via the NMTRG app.
NMTRG Conference Birmingham 2025
2025 will see the NMTRG holding a second Major Trauma Rehabilitation Conference in Birmingham at the Conference and Events Centre
Join us on June 9th and 10th for a packed two day conference.
This year we will be focussing on 'The Bigger Picture' as part of major trauma. What happens after the acute setting and how do we improve what we can offer patients on their road to recovery.
We have a number of speakers lined up to discuss spinal cord respiratory management, ventilator weaning, early communication, delivering bad news and a patient and public involvement group to find out what patients feel are priorities in their recovery.
Tickets will be on sale from December 2nd 2024 at the same rate as last year until the 1st January 2025 when the price will raise.
We will again have abstracts open for poster submission from January 2025 - so please showcase your excellent work in major trauma with us.
The NMTRG Guidelines:
These guidelines were developed by the NMTRG over a 2-year period from 2020. Benchmarking data was gathered from multiple major trauma centres participating in the Rehabilitation Group, consensus from major trauma MDT staff working at these sites across the UK were used to develop the most commonly managed injury presentations in the major trauma centres.
Each guideline has been peer reviewed by at least 2 major trauma centres in addition to those writing the guideline and signed off by a quorum of the NMTRG. The aim is for these guidelines to be ratified by the Clinical Reference Group for Major trauma and aim to provide staff working within the major trauma centres and networks with an outline of the knowledge and skills that have been identified by this group.
It is hoped that these guidelines will help services develop appropriate education programs, monitoring and review systems for the rehabilitation services that support patients who have had injury as a result of a major traumatic event.
For more information about the development please download the free to use app or e-mail Stephen.Friend@stgeorges.nhs.uk or knewport@nhs.net.