Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 185 - NEBRASKA STATEWIDE TRAUMA SYSTEM › Chapter 1 - STATEWIDE TRAUMA SYSTEM › Section 185-1-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
For the purposes of these regulations, the definitions in the Nebraska
	 Statewide Trauma System Act and the following apply.
002.01
ADVANCED PRACTICE
  PROVIDER.
A person licensed as an advanced practice registered
  nurse or a physician assistant.
002.02
BEST
  PRACTICES.
A practice that upon rigorous evaluation, demonstrates
  success, has had an impact, and can be replicated.
002.03
COMPLETE
  APPLICATION.
An application that contains all the information
  requested on the application, with attestation to its truth and completeness,
  and that is submitted with the required documentation.
002.04
CREDENTIALING OR
  CREDENTIALED.
Approval of a physician as a member of a hospital's
  trauma team by the hospital's credentialing committee, based on a review of the
  individual's training and experience.
002.05
IN-HOUSE.
Physically present in the facility.
002.06
INJURY PREVENTION
  PROGRAMS.
Internal institutional and external outreach educational
  programs designed to increase awareness of methods for prevention or avoidance
  of trauma-related injuries.
002.07
MECHANISM OF INJURY.
The source type and
  characteristic of forces that produce mechanical deformations and physiologic
  responses that cause an anatomic lesion or functional change in
  humans.
002.08
MORBIDITY.
The relative incidence and consequences of
  disease.
002.09
MORTALITY.
The statistical proportion of deaths to
  population.
002.10
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAUMA REVIEW COMMITTEE.
A committee
  with membership from all disciplines involved in trauma care across the care
  continuum that meets to address and evaluate trauma care.
002.11
ON-CALL.
Available by phone, cell phone, radio, electronically, or pager and able to
  arrive at the facility within 30 minutes.
002.12
ON-SITE
  REVIEW.
An on-site review may be a conducted at the physical
  location of the facility or may be conducted electronically.
002.13
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
  PROGRAM.
A program within the designated trauma center that
  analyzes mortality, morbidity, and functional status and concurrently tracks
  and reviews process and outcome measures that encompass out-of-hospital and
  hospital care for the trauma center or trauma region.
002.14
RECOGNIZED INDEPENDENT
  VERIFICATION OR ACCREDITATION BODY OR PUBLIC AGENCY.
For purposes
  of this regulation and the related designation, the verification or
  accreditation body or public agency are:
(A)
  Advance Level Trauma Center: American College of Surgeons verification as a
  Level II Trauma Center;
(B) Basic
  Level Trauma Center: American College of Surgeons verification as a Level IV
  Trauma Center;
(C) Comprehensive
  Level Trauma Center: American College of Surgeons verification as a Level I
  Trauma Center;
(D) General Level
  Trauma Center: American College of Surgeons verification as a Level III Trauma
  Center;
(E) Advanced Level
  Rehabilitation Center: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  for accreditation in Comprehensive Integrated Rehabilitation Program and either
  Brain Injury Specialty Program or Spinal Cord Specialty Program;
(F) General Level Rehabilitation Center:
  Joint Commission accreditation as a rehabilitation hospital;
(G) Intermediate Level Rehabilitation Center:
  Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities accreditation in
  Comprehensive Integrated Rehabilitation Programs;
(H) Burn Trauma Center: American Burn
  Association in conjunction with American College of Surgeons verification as a
  Burn Center and;
(I) Pediatric
  Trauma Center: American College of Surgeons verification as Specialty Level
  Pediatric Center.