German Society for Trauma Surgery

German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU)
purpose	Medical Society
Chair:	Michael J. Raschke
Establishment date:	September 23, 1922
Number of members:	approx. 4,800 (as of July 2019)
Seat :	Office in Berlin , Germany
Website:	www.dgu-online.de

The German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU) is a scientific and medical society that brings together all doctors in Germany who deal professionally with the consequences of accidents in clinics, practices and research. It promotes basic, advanced and advanced training in the field of orthopedics and trauma surgery with an annual congress, with the support of study and research activities and with its own educational offers.

tasks

The range of tasks of the association's work ranges from science-based prevention, diagnostics, therapy and rehabilitation in traumatology to the establishment and securing of adequate and patient-safe care structures, efficient further and advanced training concepts to the transfer of research results into clinical and practical application and the education of the public about them Concerns.

Care of the seriously injured

The aim of the German Society for Trauma Surgery is to ensure the best possible care and permanent care for injured people, especially seriously and seriously injured people ( multiple trauma ). In order to offer every injured person anywhere in Germany the same chances of recovery and survival at any time, the DGU launched the TraumaNetzwerk DGU project . With this, the recommendations, first laid down in 2006 in the “White Book of Care for the Severely Injured” in 2006, on minimum staffing, space and equipment, criteria for admission and relocation of injured persons, have been implemented nationwide in the participating clinics. An updated new edition of the white paper took place in 2012. Compliance with the recommendations is checked via an audit of the relevant clinic, and the entire TraumaNetzwerk DGU is certified. In the meantime, there is a clear improvement in the clinical infrastructure and process quality in the care of seriously injured patients in Germany. 46 trauma networks with 581 participating clinics have already been certified in accordance with the requirements of the DGU's white paper (as of February 2014).

The guidelines developed by the DGU, partly in cooperation with other specialist societies, also serve to ensure optimal care.

Science and Research

As a scientific and medical specialist society, the DGU - also in cooperation with the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) - promotes research in the field and provides platforms and networks for exchange among researchers, scientists, clinics and practice.

In addition to systemic consequences of accidents in patients such as shock, organ failure or sepsis, soft tissue structures, internal organs, bones and joints are often injured. The pathomechanisms and pathophysiology of such injuries and their consequences as well as biomechanics are at the center of basic research in trauma surgery.

The development of new treatment principles and surgical procedures for injuries and post-traumatic organ failure is another focus of research. The DGU has been conducting health services research for decades through the scientific evaluation of the TraumaRegister DGU . The register, in which all clinics active in the trauma networks participate, is one of the largest databases of its kind in Europe.

Translational research is also playing an increasingly important role . In addition, the DGU conducts prevention and accident research, primarily through the Working Group for Injury Prevention and the “WHO Decade of Action for Road Safety” project group.

Once a year, the DGU holds its annual conference as part of the German Congress for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DKOU). The congress takes place in Berlin and is the largest event in this field in Europe.

Continuing education and training

The DGU offers numerous training course formats through the AUC - Akademie der Unfallchirurgie GmbH - including Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Hand-Over-Team-Training (HOTT), Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS ).

Grants and honors

The DGU recognizes special scientific achievements - partly in cooperation with partner organizations - with prizes, grants and honors.

Research awards

Hans Liniger Prize
Innovation award
Stromeyer Probst Medal (Literature Prize)
PhD award

Scholarships

Osteology Research Fellowship
Travel grant

Honors

Honorary membership
Corresponding membership
Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach bust
Carl Thiem commemorative coin
Golden badge of honor

Publications

Membership magazine "Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery - Messages and Messages" (OUMN)
The trauma surgeon (formerly monthly for trauma medicine)
Journal of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
White Paper Care for the Seriously Injured (2006, 2nd edition 2012)
S3 guideline for multiple trauma / treatment of severely injured persons (2012)

organization

Structure, structure and organs

The German Society for Trauma Surgery is a registered non-profit association with its legal seat in Bochum. It currently has around 4,800 members (as of July 2019). Their office is located in the Tiergarten Tower in Berlin .

The DGU elects the board of directors and the presidium at its annual general meeting, which also decides on the budget and changes to the statutes. The presidency changes annually on January 1st.

Bureau

The DGU is represented by the Presidium, which consists of the Executive Board, the Presidential Council, the Senate, the Permanent Advisory Board, the Temporary Advisory Board and the Advisory Board. The management takes place in accordance with the statutes and rules of procedure.

Work platforms

In order to solve scientific questions and develop recommendations, the members of the DGU are involved in working platforms. This includes committees, commissions, representatives, sections and working groups. The DGU works on overarching topics together with the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery in the DGOU.

The topics include fundamental questions, geriatric traumatology , pelvic surgery, emergency, disaster and tactical surgery (EKTC), foot surgery , hand surgery , pediatric traumatology , emergency , intensive care and care for the severely injured (NIS), injury prevention, osteology , septic and reconstructive surgery as well as Rehabilitation and physical therapy .

President

Norbert Haas , Berlin (2000)
Peter Kirschner, Mainz (2001)
Klaus Rehm, Cologne (2002)
Hartmut Siebert, Schwäbisch Hall (2003)
Andreas Wentzensen, Ludwigshafen (2004)
Wolf Mutschler, Munich (2005)
Klaus Michael Stürmer, Göttingen (2006)
Kuno Weise, Tübingen (2007)
Axel Ekkernkamp , Berlin (2008)
Hans Zwipp, Dresden (2009)
Norbert Südkamp, Freiburg (2010)
Tim Pohlemann, Homburg (2011)
Christoph Josten , Leipzig (2012)
Reinhard Hoffmann , Frankfurt am Main (2013)
Bertil Bouillon , Cologne (2014)
Michael Nerlich, Regensburg (2015)
Florian Gebhard, Ulm (2016)
Ingo Marzi, Frankfurt am Main (2017)
Joachim Windolf, Düsseldorf (2018)
Paul A. Grützner, Ludwigshafen (2019)
Michael J. Raschke (2020)

Secretary General

Dietmar Pennig , Cologne

history

The DGU was founded on September 23, 1922 in lecture hall 30 of the University of Leipzig as the "German Society for Accident Medicine, Insurance and Medical Care". The founding president was Hans Liniger. The occasion was the conference to mark the centenary of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors , in which Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach and Louis Stromeyer promoted scientific exchange as early as 1830. In 1894, the "Department for Accident Medicine" was installed there with the significant contribution of Carl Thiem . In the same year, the “monthly for accident medicine”, now “The trauma surgeon”, began its publication. Until the differentiation of trauma surgery as an independent subject in the field of surgery, the DGU was an association of doctors interested in the treatment and assessment of accident victims, primarily surgeons and orthopedic surgeons, but also internists, forensics, neurologists and psychiatrists as well as insurance doctors and lawyers. 16 annual meetings were held between 1922 and 1939.

Just a few months after the National Socialist takeover of government in 1933, the DGU board resigned in the wake of the incipient state and social persecution of Jewish members or those labeled as Jewish. The persecuted were gradually removed from the membership lists. In 2013, the general assembly of the DGU acknowledged its persecuted members. The research was difficult because the membership directory from the pre-war period was missing, but on the initiative of the former Secretary General Jürgen Probst it was finally possible to establish that of the approximately 300 members that the DGU had at the beginning of 1933, 36 were persecuted , some of which had lost their license to practice were driven to suicide, five were deported and three were murdered. Among the persecuted was the Leipzig private lecturer Ernst Bettmann, who became a successful orthopedic surgeon in New York after emigrating in 1937 . In autumn 2017, the DGU, in cooperation with the University of Leipzig, had Gunter Demnig lay 36 stumbling blocks in front of the university.

Stumbling blocks in front of the Leipzig University Hospital in Liebigstrasse

In 1938, the DGU adopted the first guideline “Guidelines for Medical Care for Accidental Wounds”. After the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, the DGU ceased its association activities. All records, documents and lists of members were destroyed as a result of the war. It was not until 1950 that the DGU was re-established in Bochum under the leadership of H. Bürkle de la Camp and its annual meetings resumed.

With the resolution of the German Medical Association of 1968, trauma surgery was included as a surgical subfield, since 1992 as a defined focus in the further training regulations. With the increasing institutionalization of trauma surgery in Germany, the orientation of the DGU changed over the years, which found expression in the renaming of the "German Society for Trauma Surgery" from 1990/91. By resolution of the 104th German Medical Association, the surgery area was reorganized in 2003. Since then, the new subject “Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery” has existed, which offers special training for both trauma surgery and orthopedics.

Network and cooperation

The DGU's close network includes the TraumaNetzwerk DGU, the TraumaRegister DGU, the Academy of Trauma Surgery (AUC) and the Age Trauma Center DGU.

The DGU works in a multi-professional manner in emergency care with all disciplines that care for the care of the injured, and cooperates nationally and internationally with many partners. In addition to the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery (DGOOC), with which the DGU founded the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) in 2008 , these include the Professional Association of Specialists in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (BVOU), the association Senior Orthopedists and Trauma Surgeons eV (VLOU), the German Society for Surgery (DGCH), the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV), the Federal Association of Transit Physicians (bdd), the Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC), the Working Group of Scientific Medical Practitioners Specialist societies (AWMF), the Patient Safety Action Alliance (APS), the German Road Safety Council (DVR), the Umbrella Association for Osteology (DVO) and, at the international level, the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT). The DGU also maintains close relationships with the Austrian Society for Trauma Surgery (ÖGU) and the Swiss Society for Traumatology and Insurance Medicine (SGTV).

literature

I. Kutscher: Anyone can be affected - faces beyond statistics . 2006.

E. Markgraf, W. Otto, K. Welz (eds.): Contributions to the history of trauma surgery in the GDR. In: Messages and Messages . Volume 30, Supplement 1, Sep 2008.

J. Probst, H. Siebert, H. Zwipp: 60 years of the German Society for Trauma Surgery after its re-establishment - milestones on the way from trauma medicine to orthopedics and trauma surgery . October 2010.