Protocols And Practice Management Guidelines
Practice Management Guidelines and Protocols have been developed by the Section of
Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care in an attempt to standardize and optimize
care. They are based on a combination of accepted surgical practice and recent
contributions to the medical literature. PMGs and Protocols are intended to provide guidelines for
the management of the majority of patients, and are not proposed as rules, policies or
as a substitute for clinical judgment. Deviations from the PMGs and Protocols are necessary and expected.