Georgia Trauma Commission Six Immediate Goals 2009-2010
#56 EMS Vehicles Replaced Seminole County
Alabama Model
System Processes Identify trauma patients requiring Trauma Center level of care based upon State-approved Trauma System Entry Criteria Coordinate pre-hospital and hospital care Provide for rapid transport of trauma system patients to definitive care from scene to hospital- protocol based Monitor all processes for effectiveness
Georgia Trauma System Pa1ent Flow Scenarios Scenario 1: 911 dispatches Patient meets Trauma System Entry Criteria No Transport to closest appropriate hospital Communication established with Trauma Communications Center: Patient assigned System I.D. Regional protocols determine patient destination recommendation Transport to Trauma Center Scenario 2: Patient arrives at non-designated participating hospital via private vehicle or EMS Patient meets Trauma System Entry Criteria No Remain at hospital
Pilot Project for Georgia Trauma System Regionaliza8on
Advisory Council A Advisory Council Comprised of regional trauma system stakeholders Assess current trauma care capacity and capabilities within Region Develop and implement a System Plan using Framework as guide Oversee continued function of Plan and conduct regional performance improvement
Georgia Trauma Communications Center The Georgia Trauma Communications Center will: Coordinate the transport needs of EMS providers with the capacity of all Trauma Centers Assign a unique System I.D. to patients meeting Trauma System Entry Criteria Maintain Trauma Center Communications Database, Recommend patient destination based upon Resource Availability Display status and regional protocols EMS MAKES THE FINAL TRANSPORT DECISION
Georgia Trauma Communications Center Coordinate the transport needs of EMS providers with the capacity of all Trauma Centers Assign a unique System I.D. to pa8ents mee8ng Trauma System Entry Criteria Maintain Trauma Center Communica8ons Database, Recommend pa8ent des8na8on based upon Resource Availability Display status and regional protocols EMS MAKES THE FINAL TRANSPORT DECISION
Alabama Resource Availability Display
Pilot Project Area: EMS Region 5 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Decatur De Kalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Dawson Fayette Jeff Davis Oconee Rockdale Stephens Sumter Toombs
Trauma System Regionalization Trauma system regionalization as a possible construct for Georgia Trauma System development Trauma Commission Sets Trauma System Guidelines and Policy State OEMS&T Region A* Advisory Council Region B Advisory Council Region C Advisory Council Region X Advisory Council Region Y Advisory Council Region Z Advisory Council System Plan System Plan System Plan System Plan System Plan System Plan Georgia Trauma Communica8ons Center Region A EMS services and participating hospitals Region B EMS services and participating hospitals Region C EMS services and participating hospitals Region X EMS services and participating hospitals Region Y EMS services and participating hospitals Region Z EMS services and participating hospitals *This graphic does not attempt to accurately represent the number or nomenclature of Trauma Service Areas within the Georgia Trauma System.
Telemedicine: Teletrauma
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