patient role trauma patient role A patient role that inheres in an organism with some non-superficial traumatic injury. The role is realized by admision to a hospital, transfer from one hospital to another for the purpose of trauma care, or has death as a result of the traumatic injury. Amanda Hicks The following definition for 'trauma patient' was approved by the CAFE team of domain experts (experts in trauma care) May 29, 2015. A patient sustaining an injury who has been admitted to the hospital, transferred from one hospital to another for the purpose of trauma care, or has died as a result of the traumatic injury. trauma patient The Ontology of Medically Related Social Entities