Wisconsin Trauma Care System
The purpose of Wisconsin’s statewide trauma care system is to
reduce death and disability resulting from traumatic injury by
decreasing the incidence of trauma, providing optimal care of trauma
victims and their families and collecting and analyzing trauma-related
data (DHS 118.01).
What's New:
Wisconsin’s Trauma Care System is supported through program
planning efforts that include:
Care for Trauma patients and their families is supported through key
program activities related to:
Wisconsin’s Trauma System is closely
aligned with the efforts and activities in the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Program, Emergency Medical Services for Children
(EMSC)
Program and Emergency
Preparedness and Planning. The departmental lead
for the trauma system is the State Trauma
Coordinator.
The
implementation and development of Wisconsin’s trauma care system is a
result of several important pieces of legislation including: WI
Statute 15.19(25)
(Structure of the Executive Branch) (PDF, 334
KB), WI Statute 256 (Emergency Medical
Services) (PDF, 102 KB) and DHS 118 (Trauma Care)
(PDF, 65 KB) which directs the Department of
Health Services to develop and implement a statewide trauma care system
and provides the Administrative Rules for the department.
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Last Revised: January 24, 2012 |
