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Department 1000 - Department of Public Health and EnvironmentDivision 1011 - Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division (1011, 1015 Series)Rule 6 CCR 1015-4 - STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND TRAUMA CARE SYSTEM
Chapter 2 - THE TRAUMA REGISTRY
Section 6 CCR 1015-4-200 - Definitions

6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1015-4-200

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1015-4-200 - Definitions
1. Admission - Inpatient or observation status for a principal diagnosis of trauma.
2. Blunt injury - Any injury other than penetrating or thermal.
3. Community Clinic Providing Emergency Services - Facilities as licensed by the Department under 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 9.
4. Department - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
5. Facility - A health facility licensed by the Department that receives ambulances such as a hospital, hospital unit, Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Freestanding Emergency Department (FSED), or Community Clinic Providing Emergency Services.
6. Injury type - Can be blunt, penetrating, or thermal and is based on the mechanism of injury.
7. Interfacility transfer - The movement of a trauma patient from one facility as defined by these rules to another facility. Transfers may occur between the emergency department of one facility and a second facility, or from inpatient status at one facility to a second facility.
8. Penetrating injury - Any wound or injury resulting in puncture or penetration of the skin and either entrance into a cavity, or for the extremities, into deeper structures such as tendons, nerves, vascular structures or deep muscle beds.
9. Readmission - A patient who is readmitted (for greater than 12 hours) to the same or to a different facility within 30 days of discharge from inpatient status for missed diagnoses or complications from the first admission. Readmission does not include subsequent hospitalizations that are part of routine care for a particular injury (such as removal of orthopedic hardware, skin grafts, colostomy takedowns, etc.)
10. Severity - An indication of the likelihood that the injury or all injuries combined will result in a significant decrease in functionality or loss of life.
11. State Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Committee (SEMTAC) - A council created in the Department pursuant to Section 25-3.5-104, C.R.S., which advises the Department on all matters relating to emergency medical and trauma services.
12. Statewide trauma registry - The statewide trauma registry means a statewide database of information concerning injured persons and licensed facilities receiving injured persons, which information is used to: evaluate and improve the quality of patient management, facilitate trauma education, conduct research and promote injury prevention programs.
13. Thermal injury - Any trauma resulting from the application of heat or cold, such as thermal burns, scald, chemical burns, electrical burns, lightning, or radiation.
14. Traumatic injury - A blunt, penetrating or thermal injury or wound to a living person caused by the application of an external force or by violence. Injuries that are not considered to be trauma include such conditions as: injuries due to repetitive motion, pathological fractures as determined by a physician and scheduled elective surgeries.

6 CCR 1015-4-200

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40 CR 08, April 25, 2017, effective 5/15/2017
41 CR 22, November 25, 2018, effective 12/15/2018
42 CR 10, May 25, 2019, effective 6/14/2019
43 CR 09, May 10, 2020, effective 6/14/2020
44 CR 10, May 25, 2021, effective 7/1/2021