RTAC COORDINATOR REPORT June, 2014
June 3 . I attended the RTAC Coordinator meeting in Madison.
June 4th. I attended STAC Meeting in Madison.
STAC Meeting dates 2014 are: Aug. 6, Oct. 15, Dec. 3 in Madison,
Wed. Meeting Schedule are; 8:30-10am Data Management Mtg.
10-12pm Trauma Coordinators & Classification Process Mtg.
12- 2pm STAC Mtg.
RTAC Coordinators will be meeting on the Tues. from 1pm-5pm.
FVRTAC meetings in 2014 will be: June 11, Aug13. Oct.15, Dec.10.
State Trauma Coordinator position they have had interviews. DHS has hired a
Fiscal/Budget person, she is Julie Forcier, she can be contacted at
JulieT.Forcier@dhs.wisconsin.gov
DHS hired an epidemiologist Ashley Bergeron, Ashley.bergeron@dhs.wisconsin.gov
EMSC coordinator is Amalia Brouillard you can contact her at abrouillard@chw.org or
(414) 292-4012 . She wants to come to an RTAC Meeting.
DI has created 10 Trauma Registry Dashboard Reports which are available. Instructions
below.
Regionalization 9 RTACs need to change to WHEPP 7 Regions. Healthcare Coalition
Transition Committee webcast 6/25 from 1-3pm everyone welcome. There is a Meeting
7/10 in Stevens Point for Committee members.
State PI Committee is looking into holding a TOPIC Course, more to come in the future.
Classification Site Reviews will use the ACS Gold Book and Essentials & Desired
checklist. FVRTAC does /have 1 Gold Book to loan to Hospitals to use for Site Review
preparations. Finally there is a new draft book but it has some problems.
Level III Hospitals the General Surgeon has to be current in ATLS. ER Physicians
boarded in Emergency Medicine only have to take ATLS once. ER Physician not boarded
in Emergency Medicine must be current in ATLS. Also the Trauma Director has to be
current in ATLS. Level IV Hospitals ER Physician boarded in Emergency Medicine need
to take ATLS once. ER Physician not boarded in Emergency Medicine need to stay
current in ATLS. Deadline for these requirements was 1/1/2014. Classes are available.
RTTDC or CALS is acceptable for Level IV hospital ER Physicians. But you must
submit a waiver letter to the State Trauma Coordinator before every site review.
If you have any questions regarding Classification Site Reviews contact
Jennifer.Ullsvik@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Performance Improvement indicators for this year are EMS Scene Time > 20 min. and 3
hour ED time prior to transfer, and GCS. GCS for both Prehospital and ED should be
broken down. Data should come from Level II, or III Trauma Centers if they have their
own registry
Medical Oversight Committee has printed the revised ambulance patient report. This
report is free and available through FVRTAC and is posted on the website at
www.foxrtac.net
State Trauma Website is www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/trauma which also links to the RTACs.
Anyone interested in hosting a Trauma Basics Educational Version 3 Presentation, please
contact me at rfnack@yahoo.com
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Advanced Burn Life Support available on line to Paramedics and Intermediates (if service doesn’t
have Paramedics) there is also a hands on course through WHEPP. Contact WHEPP Coordinator
Tracey Froiland for more details.
DHS has revised WI EMS MCI Response Plan Guide and it is on FVRTAC website at
www.foxrtac.net
Trauma Coordinator Tool Box has been revised and can be found at:
http://ncrtac-wi.org/File_Center.html#TraumaCoordToolkit
Dashboard instructions.
http://wi2.dev.traumasoftware.com
UserID: TestDashboard
Password: TestDashboard
Facility ID: System
Click on View Reports
Report Type; Dashboard
Click “Search”
Send comments to Mike Trelow at michael.trelow@ministryhealth.org