6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1015-4-100
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1015-4-100 - Definitions1. Adult - Any patient age 15 and older is considered an adult in the trauma system.2. Advisory - The trauma facility is experiencing a specific resource limitation.3. Bypass - EMS transport of a trauma patient past a routinely used or closer receiving facility for the purpose of accessing a higher level of trauma or specialty care.4. Department - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.5. Designated - A status that the Department assigns to a health care facility based on the level of trauma services the facility is capable of and committed to providing to injured persons. Designation levels include Levels I through V, as defined in 25-3.5-703(4)(a) -(e), C.R.S., Regional Pediatric Trauma Centers as defined in 25-3.5-703(4)(f), and nondesignated facilities.6. Disaster Medical Care - Medical care provided during the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, illness, or loss of life resulting from an epidemic or a natural, man-made, technological, or other cause.7. Divert Status - The facility cannot currently accept EMS traffic. EMS shall transport trauma patients to an alternative designation in accordance with the prehospital trauma triage algorithm.8. Facility - For purposes of these rules, any designated health care facility, Regional Pediatric Trauma Center (RPTC), or nondesignated health care facility.9. Interfacility Transfer - The movement of a trauma patient from one licensed health care facility participating in the trauma system to another licensed health care facility participating in the trauma system.10. Nondesignated - A facility that has not met the criteria of Levels I-V or RPTC, but that receives and is accountable for injured persons, including having a transfer agreement to transfer persons to Level to V or RPTC facilities as set forth in Section 25-3.5-703(4) (a.5)-(f), C.R.S. and these rules. "Nondesignated" is considered a designation level pursuant to Section 25-3.5-703(4)(a), C.R.S.11. Pediatric - Any patient from birth through age 14 is considered a pediatric patient in the trauma system.12. Prehospital Transport - Transport by air or ground ambulance service of a trauma patient to the most appropriate receiving facility consistent with the Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council (RETAC) destination protocols and guidelines and the best interest of the patient.13. Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council (RETAC) - The representative body appointed by the governing bodies of counties or cities and counties for the purpose of providing recommendations concerning regional area emergency medical and trauma service plans for such counties or cities and counties.14. Trauma Transport Protocols - Written standards adopted by the State Board of Health that address the use of appropriate resources to move trauma victims from one level of care to another on a continuum of care.15. Trauma Care System - An organized approach to providing quality and coordinated care to trauma victims throughout the state on a twenty-four-hour per day basis by transporting a trauma victim to the appropriate designated facility.39 CR 02, January 25, 2016, effective 2/14/201640 CR 08, April 25, 2017, effective 5/15/201741 CR 22, November 25, 2018, effective 12/15/201842 CR 10, May 25, 2019, effective 6/14/201943 CR 09, May 10, 2020, effective 6/14/202044 CR 10, May 25, 2021, effective 7/1/2021