Rural trauma resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/trauma/ Demonstrates that uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance. Details the results of a Harvard University study. -- American Medical Association http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/144/11/1006?home Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:51:02 CST http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/144/11/1006?home A list of fact sheets on critical safety and health topics including agricultural safety, school bus safety, and on the road safety. -- National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Pages/SafetyHealthFactSheets.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:55:54 CST http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Pages/SafetyHealthFactSheets.aspx A directory of the National Safety Council's network of state chapters. These local offices conduct safety, health and environmental efforts at the community level, providing training, conferences, workshops, consultation, newsletters, updates and safety support materials. -- National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/nsc_near_you/FindYourLocalChapter/Pages/find_your_local_chapter.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:34:01 CST http://www.nsc.org/nsc_near_you/FindYourLocalChapter/Pages/find_your_local_chapter.aspx Bangor Daily News, (ME) article tells of teletrauma," a powerful new technology that lends the resources of Maines second-largest trauma center to the smallest and farthest-flung of the states community hospitals. http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127905.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:40:21 CST http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127905.html Describes the process and rationale used by the National Expert Panel on Field Triage to revise the "Decision Scheme" that guides EMS providers through four decision steps (physiologic, anatomic, mechanism of injury, and special considerations) to determine the most appropriate destination facility within the local trauma care system across the United States.which serves as the basis for triage protocols for state and local EMS systems across the United States -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5801.pdf Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:16:46 CST http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5801.pdf Identified published literature that describes the frequency, epidemiology, etiology, typology, and cost of ambulance crashes generally and rural ambulance crashes specifically. http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman2/publish/article_33666.shtml Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:41:29 CST http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman2/publish/article_33666.shtml Comprised of delegates from various countries and regions dedicated to exploring the promotion and better delivery of health care through the utilization of traditional and non-traditional models of care. http://www.ircp.info/Home/tabid/70/Default.aspx Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:25:18 CST http://www.ircp.info/Home/tabid/70/Default.aspx An interactive tool that allows the user to find the trauma care centers in their region and across the United States. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/traumacare/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:02:00 CST http://www.cdc.gov/traumacare/ A fact sheet providing background information about the Minnesota Statewide Trauma System. -- Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/traumasystem/factsheet08.pdf Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:49:08 CST http://www.health.state.mn.us/traumasystem/factsheet08.pdf An interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:41:09 CST http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html A fact sheet describing the current uneven distribution of surgeons across the United States, with more surgeons located in urban centers and fewer in rural communities. -- American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS2.pdf Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:46:57 CST http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS2.pdf Discusses U.S. surgical workforce trends over the last 25 years and the problem of geographic distribution of surgeons in future years. -- American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS1.pdf Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:12:24 CST http://acshpri.org/documents/ACSHPRI_FS1.pdf Studies and reports on issues related to the state of the surgical profession, the surgical workforce, and surgical utilization in the United States. Provides advice, data analysis, and research for surgical professional associations and boards, policymakers, and the health services research community. http://acshpri.org/index.html Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:57:03 CST http://acshpri.org/index.html Provides emergency medical services (EMS) agencies, trauma centers, trauma regions, and the Minnesota trauma program with a summary of the processes and activities required to measure, monitor, evaluate, and improve the process of trauma care and its outcome. -- Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/traumasystem/pi/model_pi_plan.pdf Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:09 CST http://www.health.state.mn.us/traumasystem/pi/model_pi_plan.pdf A directory of contacts by state that specialize in farm rescue and response training. -- Office of Rural Health Policy ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/FarmRescueEMSDirectory.pdf Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:27:58 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/FarmRescueEMSDirectory.pdf A resource on preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury. -- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center http://www.brainline.org/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:44:05 CST http://www.brainline.org/ Serves as a national focal point for the dissemination of information on rural and frontier emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care. REMSTTAC can be accessed by a broad range of rural and frontier EMS providers including federal grant recipients, state EMS and rural health offices, and their constituencies including rural hospitals and communities. http://www.remsttac.org/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:12:11 CST http://www.remsttac.org/ Provides a variety of resources to assess and evaluate trauma systems. Includes consultative guidance for future trauma system development. -- American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/trauma/traumasystems.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:37:04 CST http://www.facs.org/trauma/traumasystems.html Provides statistical information on traffic fatalities including vehicle type, people involved and geographic location. -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:35:15 CST http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx Discusses organized trauma care systems, which are critical to reducing mortality and morbidity in rural areas. Highlights include how access to trauma care varies by state, how rural hospitals play a role in trauma care, and a future goal of having coordinated care nationwide. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#trauma Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:01:57 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#trauma Depicts Level I/II trauma center coverage throughout the United States. Identifies the availability of helicopter or ambulance for transport method. http://tramah.cml.upenn.edu/CML.TraumaCenters.Web/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:38:59 CST http://tramah.cml.upenn.edu/CML.TraumaCenters.Web/ Compares the findings of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Emergency Care reports with previous work on Rural Health and with the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document. Identifies similarities and overlaps of the recommendations and approaches. -- Health Resources and Services Administration ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/QualityThroughCollaboration.pdf Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:14:15 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/QualityThroughCollaboration.pdf Provides citizen-centered research, training, and outreach to enhance rural safety and to meet the online and seminar training needs of rural transportation practitioners and policymakers. -- University of Minnesota http://www.ruralsafety.umn.edu/index.html Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:56:14 CST http://www.ruralsafety.umn.edu/index.html Lists rural crash statistics by state. -- University of Minnesota http://www.ruralsafety.umn.edu/state/2005/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:40:21 CST http://www.ruralsafety.umn.edu/state/2005/ Represents physicians who practice emergency medicine. Provides a national report card that includes an assessment of the support that each state provides for its emergency medicine system. http://www.acep.org/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:29:05 CST http://www.acep.org/ Describes how death rates from traumatic injury are higher in rural United States and identifies successful statewide trauma care systems with a focus on Maine. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-trauma-victims-dying-golden-rule Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:28:29 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-trauma-victims-dying-golden-rule Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas. -- USDA Rural Development http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=91 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:05:47 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=91 Grants to strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies. -- USDA Rural Development http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=727 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:05:11 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=727 Offers guidance for implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Provides strategies that can be employed to enhance rural emergency medical services. -- Transportation Research Board http://trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_500v15.pdf Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:57:36 CST http://trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_500v15.pdf A tool for those individuals who are charged with evaluating trauma systems. Provides guidelines and plans for the implementation of trauma systems. -- American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/trauma/traumasystems.html Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:41:59 CST http://www.facs.org/trauma/traumasystems.html