Trauma Systems Programs

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Improve Care, Reduce Preventable Death

Our Trauma Systems Programs aim to improve care for the injured patient in four ways. One, by assessing and evaluating trauma and emergency response systems. Two, by providing consultative guidance for future trauma system development. Three, by building partnerships with the military to translate battlefield lessons to the home front and back again. And four, by creating and sustaining a national trauma system, with a research action plan.

Trauma Systems Consultation Program

Our consultation program offers you a critical analysis of your current system status including its challenges and opportunities. We also provide you with recommendations for system improvement and enhancement tailored to your specific needs.

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Quality Programs

National Trauma Emergency Preparedness System

An NTEPS ensures access for all by implementing standardized, proven systems to deliver the right trauma care in the right place at the right time.

Trauma Programs

Putting the Pieces Together: A National Effort to Complete the U.S. Trauma System

The ACS is providing a series of stories looking at the history of trauma care and the trauma system in America.

Trauma Programs

Field Triage Guidelines

The Guidelines have been widely adopted by trauma systems in the United States to support decision making by EMS clinicians in transport destination determinations for injured patients.