Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 118 - Trauma Care › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 118.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Ambulance service provider" has the
				  meaning specified in s.
				  256.01 (3),
				  Stats., namely, a person engaged in the business of transporting sick, disabled
				  or injured individuals by ambulance to or from facilities or institutions
				  providing health services.
(2)
				  "ACS" means the American college of surgeons.
(2m) "APP" means advanced practice
				  provider.
(3) "Assessment and
				  classification criteria" means the required trauma care services and
				  capabilities for a hospital to be classified as a Level III or IV trauma care
				  facility.
(3m) "ATLS" means
				  advanced trauma life support.
(4)
				  "Audit" means a close examination of a situation or event in a
				  multidisciplinary peer review.
(5)
				  "Bypass" means to forego delivery of a patient to the nearest hospital for a
				  hospital whose resources are more appropriate for the patient's injury pursuant
				  to direction given to a pre-hospital emergency medical service by on-line
				  medical direction or predetermined triage criteria.
(6) "Classification" means the process
				  whereby a hospital identifies its service level as a trauma care facility and
				  the department reviews and approves the hospital as a provider of a level of
				  trauma care services to meet the needs of the severely injured
				  patient.
(6m) "CT" means computed
				  tomography.
(7) "Coordinating
				  facility" means an ACS verified level I or II hospital that has a collaborative
				  relationship with the regional trauma advisory council and the department as
				  specified under s.
				  DHS 118.06 (3)
				  (c).
(8) "Definitive care" means comprehensive
				  care for the full spectrum of injuries beyond the initial assessment and
				  resuscitation phase.
(9)
				  "Department" means the department of health services.
(10) "Dispatch" means identifying and
				  coordinating the emergency resources needed to respond to a specific traumatic
				  injury or illness.
(10d) "Emergency
				  medical responder" " has the meaning given in s.
				  256.01 (4p),
				  Stats.
(10j) "Emergency medical
				  responder service" means a group of persons licensed by the department under s.
				  256.15 (8),
				  Stats., who are employed or organized to provide emergency care to sick,
				  disabled, or injured individuals as a response for aid requested through a
				  public service access point in conjunction with the dispatch of an ambulance,
				  but who do not provide ambulance transportation of a patient.
(10m) "EMS" means emergency medical
				  services.
(11) "Emergency medical
				  services practitioner" has the meaning given in s.
				  256.01 (5),
				  Stats.
(12) "Executive council"
				  means the RTAC leadership body, which is composed of professionals from each
				  region who reflect trauma care expertise, leadership and diversity within each
				  trauma care region.
(15) "Fiscal
				  agent" means the person or organization responsible for transactions of RTAC
				  funds.
(16) "Health care provider"
				  means a medical professional who or organization that is involved in either the
				  detection, prevention, or care of an injured person and includes all of the
				  following:
(a) A nurse licensed under ch. 441,
				  Stats.
(b) A dentist licensed under
				  ch. 447, Stats.
(c) A physician or
				  physician assistant licensed under subch. II of ch. 448, Stats.
(d) A rural medical center, as defined in s.
				  50.50 (11),
				  Stats.
(e) A hospital.
(f) An ambulance service provider.
(g) An emergency medical services
				  practitioner.
(h) An emergency
				  medical responder.
(i) A doctor of
				  podiatric medicine and surgery licensed under subch. IV of ch. 448,
				  Stats.