LSRTAC Documents
Lake Superior RTAC Five Year Operational Plan 2003 – 2008
GOAL 1: Identify regional needs and resources in collaboration with all regional healthcare providers and related agencies.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Complete a Regional Needs Assessment | 1-2 persons per county collect data on each county: | Accountable to Chair Data turned into |
Interviews and document analysis from many sources: | October 2003 | Establish data reference base for counties / region |
| Secretary | |||||
| Demographics | Courthouse | ||||
| Population served | Chamber of Commerce | ||||
| Hospitals / Care Level | Hospitals | ||||
| EMS Services / Level | Ambulance Services | ||||
| Public Health | County Health Dept. | ||||
| Law Enforcement | Police / Sheriff Depts. | ||||
| Dispatch / Training | Dispatch Center | ||||
| Helicopter Landing Zones | Co. Emergency Gov’t | ||||
| Trauma Referral Patterns | Initial & Definitive Care Tribal Services |
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| Level “A” HazMat Team | |||||
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| Highway Patrol | |||||
GOAL 2: Develop and implement a Regional Trauma System.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Design an Operational Plan | Purpose
Needs Assessment |
Executive Council | WI State Guidelines | May 2003 - Designed | Organized & efficient regional trauma care |
| Overview | Ongoing implementation | ||||
| Background | |||||
| Plan Development | |||||
| Goals & Objectives | |||||
| Membership | |||||
| Structure | |||||
| Organizational Chart | |||||
| Bylaws | |||||
| dentify sources of future funding | |||||
GOAL 3: Develop and implement a Performance Improvement Plan based on regional needs
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Improve available data & evaluation of care / systems concerns | Data research
Identify Standards |
Subcommittee | Regional Needs Assessment | Ongoing | Improved quality of trauma care |
| Areas of concern | Standards of Care | Reduction of severity of injuries | |||
| Trauma Data | |||||
| Health Departments | Decreased number of deaths | ||||
| Develop Regional Trauma Registry | Work with State to establish a Regional Registry | Executive Council & Subcommittee | WI State Guidelines MN Trauma Registry |
Ongoing | Efficient tracking system integrated
with State and existing Trauma Registries |
GOAL 4: Integrate Pediatric Emergency Care into all delivery systems.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Pediatric EMS education and resources to all EMS Services & | Compile current resources list: Education needs |
Subcommittee Teaching agencies |
Regional Needs Assessment PEPP Course |
Ongoing | Improved quality of pediatric trauma care |
| related agencies | Equipment | WI EMS for Children | Resources & equip used in practice and education | ||
| Procedures | WI State Guidelines | ||||
| BELSS Program (K-12) | Reduction in severity of pediatric injuries | ||||
| Conferences | Decreased number of pediatric deaths | ||||
GOAL 5: Increase public awareness of trauma, prevention, and regional resources.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Public education is necessary for communities to understand: *Regional Trauma System |
Assess current public learning needs & community resources in each county. | Subcommittee Public Health Agencies |
Regional Needs Assessment Hospitals Schools |
Ongoing | Increased public understanding Better use of available resources Decreased injuries |
| *Injury Prevention | Organizations | ||||
| Businesses | |||||
| Media | |||||
| County Health Officers | |||||
| Unintentional Injuries | 2003 - 2004 | ||||
| Intentional Injuries | 2004 - 2005 | ||||
| Fundraising promotions | |||||
GOAL 6: Provide a coordinated regional system for Out-of-Hospital care delivery and transport under various conditions.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Identify Regional EMS Data (per service) |
List regional EMS Services |
Subcommittee | Regional Needs Assessment | Ongoing | Timely trauma care & coordination of services |
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Personnel breakdown | ||||
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Number of ambulances | EMS Services | |||
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Service area coverage | ||||
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Trauma triage guideline | Fire / Rescue Dept’s | |||
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Adult &
Peds Transport capabilities & Guidelines |
Level “A” HazMat Team | |||
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Interfacility transfer | PI Information | |||
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Trauma referral patterns | Emergency Management | |||
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# traumas/year/outcome | Existing Trauma Databases | |||
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Staff trauma education | Regional Trauma Centers | |||
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# radios/ age /reliable # cell phones / reliable MD Control Standards |
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| Identify Dispatch & Communication Data | List regional Dispatch
Centers |
Subcommittee | Regional Needs
Assessment |
Ongoing | Timely access to services and care |
| Personnel breakdown | Dispatch Centers | ||||
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Transmit/Relay Towers | Hospitals | |||
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Hosp Communications reliable radios/phones |
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| Identify Mass Casualty Regional Capabilities | List regional hospitals, disaster plans, EMS, | Subcommittee | Regional Needs Assess
Public Health/Red Cross |
Ongoing | Timely coordination of services during disaster |
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law enforcement, | Co. Emergency Gov’t | |||
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supplies | Rescue / Fire Dept’s | |||
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Level “A” HazMat Team | ||||
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Bioterrorism Plans | ||||
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Tribal Indian Health Service | ||||
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Great Lakes Intertribal |
GOAL 7: Provide Definitive Care to all injured patients at the nearest appropriate facility.
OBJECTIVE |
ACTION ITEM |
RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
TIMELINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
| Identify regional inclusive hospital network for Definitive Care | List Regional Trauma
Centers / Level of Care Pediatric Trauma Special Care Facilities Regional Hospitals |
Subcommittee | Hospital Administration Emergency Dept’s Trauma Surgeons Burn Units Dialysis |
Ongoing | Best level of care based on type of
trauma Fewer complications |
| (24-hr ER coverage) | Hyperbaric Chamber | Quicker recovery | |||
| Spinal Cord Injury | |||||
| Eye trauma | |||||
| Limb Reimplantation | |||||
| Evaluate
interfacility “Transfer Guidelines” |
Subcommittee | Hospital transfer records Transfer resources EMS |
Ongoing | Appropriate and timely transfers | |
| Regional patterns | |||||
| Timeliness/ Pt Outcomes | Positive Pt Outcomes | ||||
| Identify regional inclusive rehabilitation network for Definitive Care | List Rehab Facilities Pediatric Rehab |
Subcommittee | Hospital-based Special care Facilities Long Term Care Home Health Care |
Ongoing | Optimum level of function post-trauma |
| HRSA | |||||
| Public Health Consortia | |||||