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Online SBI Training
- Leaders within ACS-COT are collaborating with SAMHSA
and the CDC to develop an interactive on-line
guide to assist trauma care center staff in planning
for and implementing SBI.
Check back for a link to the online guide, Implementing Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Step-by-Step Guide for Trauma Centers, which will be posted here when it is completed.
Providing screening and brief interventions (SBI) for trauma patients showing evidence of alcohol problems has been found to reduce subsequent alcohol use and related problems. Such screening is widely recommended, but is not currently practiced by the majority of trauma centers in the United States.
New requirements are being put in place by the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) to address the need for SBI. The ACS-COT requires that Level I and Level II trauma centers have a mechanism to identify problem drinkers and, in addition, requires Level I centers have the capability to provide brief interventions for screen-positive patients.
