Through the efforts of the Regional Trauma Advisory Councils and other external partners like the Society of Trauma Nurses, the American Trauma Society, and the American College of Surgeons, we are continually encouraging the advancement of our trauma program through their training and educational offerings.
If you have information on education or trainings being offered in Wisconsin, contact the state trauma coordinator.
Recorded Trainings
Basic Registry Training
The purpose of this recorded training is to provide a high-level understanding of the ImageTrend Patient Registry. This training includes a basic overview of software navigation, dashboard customization, account management, and data entry. It is recommended that new trauma registry staff watch this webinar prior to beginning data entry.
Introduction to the Report Writer
The purpose of this training is to provide a high-level understanding of the ImageTrend report writer application. This training will include a basic overview of existing reports, creating user-specific reports, exporting data from the application, and the tools available to assist in report building.
Intermediate Report Writing
The purpose of this training is to provide users of the Wisconsin Patient Registry a better understanding of the ImageTrend report writer application. This training will include a detailed approach to analytical report writing, leveraging existing reports, creating custom columns, and the tools available to assist in report building.
Sending Outcome Data to EMS Using the Wisconsin Trauma Registry and ImageTrend Hospital Hub
Did you know that the Wisconsin Trauma Care Registry has the option of sending hospital patient outcome information to EMS providers who transport patients to your facility? The state utilizes ImageTrend, LLC as the software provider for Elite, the EMS database and Patient Registry, the Wisconsin Trauma Registry. Trauma care facilities can choose to provide hospital patient outcome data to the EMS database on patients transported to your facility by your prehospital partners. This information could be used to assist in pre-hospital agency training, education, and quality improvement activities. This recording provides detail regarding the EMS outcome data channel. To turn on the reporting option of sending hospital patient outcome information to your pre-hospital partners who transport patients to your facility, the trauma coordinator or trauma program manager at each trauma care facility must send an email of notification to stating this to the Trauma Registry Data Manager.
Documentation of Performance Improvement
The purpose of this training is to demonstrate the performance improvement module of the ImageTrend Patient Registry. The performance improvement module serves as a powerful tool to document the review of trauma cases. This tool can be utilized by all levels of case review, including the trauma medical director. Direct involvement by the trauma medical director is the ideal method to centralize review documentation. This training includes an overview of the data entry section, reports available to pull review information, attaching files to a trauma record, and direct conversation with state reviewers regarding site visits and performance improvement documentation.
Preparing Your Hospital's Trauma Registry Data for an Upcoming Classification Review
This webinar will provide a number of recommendations to prepare your facility’s trauma registry data for an upcoming classification review.
Publications and Resources
Online Resources
- Wisconsin TRAIN – the Training Finder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network - an e-learning resource that supports distance learning and training
- Society of Trauma Nurses
- American Trauma Society
- American College of Surgeons – Advanced Trauma Life Support Course and Facility Searches
