Name
#77 Pharmacy Response to Trauma Activations Decreases Time to Medication Administration During Initial Trauma Resuscitation
Speakers
Content Presented On Behalf Of:
Navy
Session Type
Poster
Date
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Start Time
5:00 PM
End Time
7:00 PM
Location
Prince Georges Expo Hall E
Focus Areas/Topics
Clinical Care, Policy/Management/Administrative
Learning Outcomes
Following the presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Summarize the role of the pharmacist as member of the trauma team and gain insight into different pharmacist response practices.
2. Compare the difference in time to medication administration based on the presence of a pharmacist in a trauma activation.
3. Appreciate the differences in pharmacy models at different hospitals, and the potential implications of those models on medication administration time.
1. Summarize the role of the pharmacist as member of the trauma team and gain insight into different pharmacist response practices.
2. Compare the difference in time to medication administration based on the presence of a pharmacist in a trauma activation.
3. Appreciate the differences in pharmacy models at different hospitals, and the potential implications of those models on medication administration time.
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Description
Timely administration of medications is vital to the acute management of trauma patients. The presence of an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (EMP) is associated with a decreased time to medication procurement and reduction of medication errors. However, evidence remains limited due to staffing constraints with less than 50% of U.S. hospitals reporting the presence of EMPs, with even less having 24-hour coverage. We performed a single-center retrospective study to investigate the impact on time to patient medication administration during trauma activations, comparing time to administration before and after implementation of a 24-hour pharmacist trauma response protocol. We included all adult (>18 years) patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) via activation of the trauma response system between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025. Time to medication administration was defined as the time lapsed from ED arrival to medication administered. The primary outcomes included time to analgesia, antibiotics, tranexamic acid, and tetanus vaccination. Secondary outcomes included mean change in pain score from ED arrival to transfer, ED length of stay (LOS), and hospital LOS. The results of this study are currently being evaluated and will be presented on the poster at the conference.