Ch. 2, § 3. Policy Development

Health care facilities planning to implement a trauma system shall develop policies which, at a minimum, address the following: (a) The multi disciplinary nature of systemized trauma care; (b) Public information and education about the trauma system; (c) Marketing and advertising by trauma centers and prehospital providers as it relates to trauma care system; (d) Establishment of service areas for trauma hospitals; (e) EMS dispatching; (f) Communication system usage; (g) Transportation, including inter-trauma center transfer and transfer from a receiving hospital to a trauma center; (h) The integration of burn and pediatric hospitals, when applicable, into the overall Trauma Care System to ensure all trauma patients receive appropriate trauma care in the most expeditious manner possible; (i) Training of prehospital EMS personnel; (j) EMS and trauma care coordination and mutual aid between neighboring jurisdictions; (k) Coordination and integration of trauma care with non-medical emergency services; (l) Medical control and accountability, including triage and treatment protocols; (m) System organization and management; (n) Data collection and management; (o) Quality control and system evaluation; and (p) Assuring the availability of trauma team personnel.