The primary purpose of the Lake Superior Regional Trauma Advisory Council (LSRTAC) is to design, implement, and evaluate a trauma system within the region that is data-based, confidential, and sensitive to the needs and limitations of the population served.  Wisconsin recognizes the need to improve trauma care and injury prevention and the importance of implementing an inclusive, comprehensive trauma system that integrates all components of trauma care.

        Operating under the direction of the Wisconsin State Trauma Advisory Council (STAC), Lake Superior RTAC serves the following Wisconsin counties: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron and Sawyer.  Membership is free and inclusive to all hospitals in the region, trauma surgeons, emergency physicians, EMS personnel and First Responders, hospital administration, law enforcement, and public health. Meetings are held every other month, (February, April, June, August, October and December) and are open to the public.  Those with an interest in trauma care are welcome to participate.