Table 2.

Trauma team composition for red and yellow code alerts

Red code- Full trauma team Activation	Yellow code- Limited trauma team Activation
Senior surgical resident (PGY-4) Junior surgical resident ED doctor Involvement of children – pediatric surgeon and pediatric ICU doctor Anesthesiologist 2 ED nurses Radiology technician Phlebotomist Another surgical subspeciality may be necessary (orthopedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, cardiothoracic surgeon, etc.)	Senior surgical resident ED doctor Involvement of children – pediatric surgeon ED nurse
Stand by staff
Attending Trauma surgeon The head of the trauma unit in special cases Blood bank and operating room coordinator must be notified.	Attending Trauma surgeon
Resources that should be immediately available
Operating room CT Thromboelastography -TEG Massive transfusion protocol- MTP	CT

PGY-postgraduate year