TRAUMA TEAM
The Trauma Specialty Team aims to increase trauma preparedness and response awareness and actions through enhancement of education and training.
initial concepts
About the Trauma Team
TEAM LEADS
Kevin Kemp, MD
kevin.kemp@unmc.edu
Charity Evans, MD, MHCM, FACS
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Develop a deployable trauma team model that could respond to large traumatic events throughout the region
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Adequately equipping providers in rural communities to care for trauma patients prior to transfer to a higher level of care
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Continued work on building regional response capability primarily through its educational efforts.
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Sponsored Disaster Medical Emergency Preparedness (DMEP) course training regional physicians, nurses, trauma program staff, respiratory therapists, hospital facility supervisors and EMS personnel.
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Participated in Omaha city-wide multi-casualty incident (MCI) drill using the ASPR MRSE template.
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Training
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Telehealth
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Established a HIPAA-compliant telehealth tool to give rural providers immediate connections to trauma surgeons throughout the region
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Disaster Available Supplies for Hospitals (DASH) Tool
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Development of a trauma module to determine appropriate trauma supplies during a mass-casualty incident
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Click here to see our Trauma Resources & Training page.