Trauma system definition
Trauma system means a single, statewide system that:
Trauma system means an integrated and organized
Trauma system means an integrated and organized arrangement
More Definitions of Trauma system
Trauma system means an integrated network that ensures that acutely injured patients are expeditiously taken to hospitals appropriate for their level of injury.
Trauma system means an integrated and organized arrangement of health care resources having the specific capability to perform triage, transport and provide care.
Trauma system means an organized statewide and regional system of care for the trauma patient, including the department, emergency medical service providers, hospitals, in-patient rehabilitation providers, and other providers who have agreed to participate in and coordinate with and who have been accepted by the department in an organized statewide system.
Trauma system means the integrated network of hospitals and medical services including transportation, that strives to provide the timely and appropriate services relative to the degree of the patient's injury.
Trauma system means an organized approach to providing personnel, trauma centers, and equipment for the coordinated and effective treatment of patients with an injury with the potential of requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention to prevent death or disability. The trauma care system includes prevention activities, pre-hospital care, hospital care, and rehabilitation. The components of a trauma system include:
Trauma system means all designated Level I, II, III, IV trauma centers, all designated comprehensive regional pediatric centers, and all other acute care hospitals that provide levels of treatment for trauma patients that are at least as great as the lowest level provided by one of the Level III trauma centers; and
Trauma system means an organized approach to providing care to trauma patients that provides personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and coordinated trauma care. The trauma system: identifies facilities with specific capabilities to provide care, triages trauma victims at the scene, requires that all trauma victims be sent to an appropriate trauma facility, and collects and analyzes data for evaluation of the system. The trauma system includes prevention, prehospital care, hospital care, rehabilitation, data collection, and evaluation; and,