April Meeting April 26th 1 PM

The April Meeting of the Lake Superior Regional Trauma Advisory Council will be Thursday the 26th at 1 PM. The meeting location is the Community Center in Cable located on Hwy M.

 

Agenda items will include: OJA Communications Interoperability Grant TBI Training and Outreach Trauma Center Injury Prevention Programs Peds Champs Other Issues that may come before the Council See you there!

Communications Interoperability Grants are Working

The Lake Superior Region is working with some HRSA funding to improve communications for our medical responders. By August 31 we will spend over $200,000 assisting responders purchase and program radios as well as offerr some great educational oppertunities. We are also working with Wisconsin Emergency Management to assist in the ppurchase and operation of MARC repeaters throuighout the region. MARC repeaters will be used only during a multi agency event and need to be authorized by the State EOC prior to use.

 

All agencies taking part in this funding need to have their expenses truned in prior to July 10th so that they can be processed in time to meet the federal timelines. If oyu have questions, please let Dan know at 218-591-4210.

Second Trauma Registry Workshop Scheduled

A Regional Trauma Advisory Council Trauma Registry Workshop is scheduled for Monday, May 14, 2007 from1:00 pm 4:00 pm at Sacred Heart Hospital 900 West Clairmont Ave Eau Claire , WI. This workshop is brought to you by the Lake Superior RTAC, North/Northwest RTAC, as well as the West Central RTAC.

 

The schedule will be: 1:00 pm 1:15 pm Opening Remarks 1:15 pm 4:00 pm

Down and Dirty Coding Made Easy Wayne Street

Report Generation

What do I do with these Reports? Beginning PI in your facility

Questions and Answers

* Agenda subject to change

 

Please register by Tuesday, May 8, 2007by emailing tammihovde@yahoo.com or called to Tammi Hovde, WC-RTAC Coordinator 715-760-1303. You can also contact Dan with this information. It looks like it will be a great meeting, please make plans on attending!