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MINUTESEMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES & TRAUMA SYSTEM (EMSTS)TRAUMA PROCEDURE/PROTOCOL REVIEW COMMITTEEJUNE 13, 2012 - 1:00 P.M.MEMBERS PRESENTGregg Fusto, RN, University Medical Center Mary Ellen Britt, RN, Regional Trauma CoordinatorJohn Fildes, MD, University Medical CenterMelinda Case, RN, Sunrise HospitalConnie Clemmons-Brown, RN, St. Rose San Martin John Higley, EMT-P, Mesquite Fire & RescueKim Dokken, RN, St. Rose Siena HospitalMichael Metzler, MD, Sunrise HospitalSean Dort, MD, St. Rose Siena HospitalTodd Sklamberg, COO, Sunrise Children’s HospitalEric Dievendorf, EMT-P, AMR-LVDavid Slattery, MD, MAB ChairmanAllen Marino, MD, St. Rose Siena HospitalKate Osti, Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law CenterDennis Nolan, Centennial Hills HospitalSenator Joe Hardy, MDMEMBERS ABSENTBryan Bledsoe, DO, MedicWest AmbulanceTeressa Conley, RN, COO, St. Rose Siena HospitalSandra Tewell, RN, Mesa View Regional Hospital Chief Scott Vivier, Henderson Fire DepartmentChief Troy Tuke, Clark County Fire DepartmentRory Chetelat, EMSTS ManagerMichelle Nath, Recording SecretarySNHD STAFF PRESENTJohn Hammond, OEMSTS Field RepresentativeRae Pettie, Program/Project CoordinatorErin McMullen, Snell and WilmerFred Simon, MDPUBLIC ATTENDANCEDerek Cox, EMT-P, Las Vegas Fire & RescueFrank Simone, EMT-P, North Las Vegas Fire DepartmentCALL TO ORDER – NOTICE OF POSTINGThe Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee convened in Classrooms #1 and #2 at American MedicalResponse – Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Dr. Sean Dort called the meeting to order at 1:12 p.m. and theAffidavit of Posting was noted in accordance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law. Dr. Dort noted that a quorumwas present.I. PUBLIC COMMENTMembers of the public are allowed to speak on action items after the Committee’s discussion and priorto their vote. Each speaker will be given five (5) minutes to address the Committee on the pendingtopic. No person may yield his or her time to another person. In those situations where large groups ofpeople desire to address the Committee on the same matter, the Chair may request that those groupsselect only one or two speakers from the group to address the Committee on behalf of the group. Oncethe action item is closed, no additional public comment will be accepted.

Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee Meeting MinutesPage 2Dr. Dort asked if anyone wished to address the Committee. Seeing no one, he closed the PublicComment portion of the meeting.II.III.CONSENT AGENDAThe Consent Agenda consists of matters to be considered by the Trauma Procedure/Protocol ReviewCommittee that can be enacted by one motion. Any item may be discussed separately per Committeemember request. Any exceptions to the Consent Agenda must be stated prior to approval.Approve Minutes: Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee Meeting: 4/18/2012REPORT/DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTIONA. Review & Approval of Draft Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee (TPPRC) BylawsMary Ellen Britt reported that the draft TPPRC bylaws were approved at the last meeting, with theexception that the Health District would clarify the process for moving items from the TPPRC to theRegional Trauma Advisory Board (RTAB) and to the Medical Advisory Board (MAB). Sheexplained that the MAB was added into the grouping to which the TPPRC will be providinginformation. Recommendations from the TPPRC will be reported to the RTAB, andrecommendations from the RTAB related to the Clark County EMS System BLS/ILS/ALS protocolswill be reported to the MAB for consideration and possible action. Ms. Britt added that the MABwas added to Article II for the same reasons. The remaining revisions were related to formatting,along with the addition of enabling each member to designate an alternate to serve in their placeshould they be temporarily unable to perform the required duties.A motion was made to approve the revisions made to the TPPRC bylaws. The motion was secondedand passed unanimously by the Committee.B. Discussion of Draft Trauma Field Triage Criteria (TFTC) Protocol1. Field Triage CriteriaMs. Britt related that one of the items referred to the TPPRC from the RTAB was to begin thereview of the current TFTC protocol, which is an EMS protocol. She stated that staff created adraft by inserting the language from the new CDC Guidelines for Field Triage of InjuredPatients into the existing protocol to use as a starting point for discussion. She suggested theCommittee begin by reading through the protocol line by line.Dr. Metzler noted that the use of “” signs throughout the protocol may cause confusionand that perhaps it should be spelled out. Dr. Fildes stated there was discussion on that point bythe national EMS leadership panel. For example, they opted to change the verbiage “GlasgowComa Scale is < 14” to “≤13” because those with a score of 14 were being transported to traumacenters. Dr. Metzler stated that “13 or less” would be clearer than “≤13.” Rory stated that therehaven’t been any issues related to the use of “” signs in the past. He agreed to take Dr.Metzler’s recommendation to the MAB for consideration.Dr. Dort asked whether the CDC guidelines have been adopted universally. Ms. Britt replied thatother states are also in the process of reviewing the document and considering what action totake. The Committee agreed that the guidelines need to be adjusted to fit the needs of ClarkCounty’s EMS system. Dr. Slattery stated that recommendations from the RTAB will bepresented to the MAB for their consideration.Dr. Slattery expressed concern that elderly patients that have been injured are being seen at nontraumahospitals and later requiring transfer to a trauma center. He indicated the language inStep 4 did not seem strong enough and that the Board should consider moving elderly traumapatients further up the triage scheme. He suggested using similar verbiage as stated in Step4(b)(1), “Children should be triaged preferentially to pediatric capable trauma centers,” toidentify the at-risk elderly patients because of their pre-disposition for severe injury. Melinda

Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee Meeting MinutesPage 3Case stated that Sunrise is looking at this as a performance improvement issue. What they arefinding is when these patients are transported as a Step 4 consideration they generally meet oneor more of the criteria in Step 1 or 2, or may have other special considerations, such as a historyof being on an anti-coagulant. Mr. Chetelat stated that analysis of hospital discharge data fromthe Center for Health Information Analysis showed some elderly patients with traumatic injurieswere transported to non-trauma hospitals. Dr. Dort continued the review of the Step 1 criteria.Dr. Marino made a motion to approve Step 1 as written. The motion was seconded.Dr. Metzler expressed concern regarding the draft language, “The pediatric patient MUST betransported to UMC, pediatric Level II center for the treatment of trauma.” He stated thatSunrise Hospital is in the process of making an application for designation as a pediatric Level IIcenter. He added that Sunrise currently has a very high capability of caring for pediatricpatients, but the draft language may deter the future transport of the pediatric patient populationto Sunrise until after they are designated as a Level II center for the treatment of trauma. Basedon the TFTC data, Mr. Fusto questioned if Sunrise would be able to meet the volumeperformance criteria. Dr. Fildes commented it is the responsibility of the American College ofSurgeons (ACS) to determine whether a trauma center has adequate volume. Ms. Case statedSunrise would make sure they could meet the criteria before initiating the process. Dr. Metzlerquestioned how a new pediatric trauma center can come on board without the ability to havepatients transported while still in the application process. Dr. Marino replied it can beaccomplished through walk-in and out-of-state patient volume, similar to the stroke centerdestination process. Todd Sklamberg noted that Sunrise Hospital has invested over the years ina pediatric intensive care unit that is part of their trauma program and has all of the clinical andsocial services support to continue to provide for these patients. The concern is how to take astep back and just rely on walk-ins or out-of-state volume in order to fulfill the volumeperformance criteria when clinically the processes and physicians on staff are in place right now.Commenting on the pediatric Clark County Trauma Field Triage Criteria data, Dr. Fildesreported, “In 2011, 88% of the patients were Step 3 patients; and of the patients that were in Step1 and Step 2, several were delivered because they were unstable and in proximity of thathospital, and that would continue. And other patients that weren’t directed by EMS but werebrought by private vehicle would still be delivered in that manner.” Dr. Metzler expressedconcern that the length of time for Sunrise to get full designation will be protracted.Dr. Marino withdrew his motion and made a new motion to approve Step 1 as written, with theexception that the last sentence read, “The pediatric patient must be transported to a designatedpediatric center for the treatment of trauma.” The motion was seconded by Dr. Slattery.Questions were raised about the process involved in Sunrise Hospital becoming designated as apediatric Level II center for the treatment of trauma. Ms. Britt outlined the process as follows:1) Sunrise submits an application for authorization to seek designation as a trauma center whichis considered for endorsement by the RTAB; 2) the RTAB recommendation regardingauthorization goes to the Board of Health (BOH) for approval; 3) Sunrise takes the approvalletter from the BOH to make application to the State Health Division for designation;4) arrangements for verification through the ACS is done concurrently; and 5) the final decisionfor full designation is made by the State Health Division. Ms. Britt explained that the term“designated” involves having successfully gone through the entire process of authorization,verification and designation, pursuant to NAC 450B.780 to 450B.785 inclusive, in accordancewith the ACS trauma center classification scheme. She noted that NAC 450B.799 definespediatric center for the treatment of trauma as, “a facility that is designated by the administratorof the Health Division pursuant to provisions of NAC 450B.780 to 450B.785 inclusive, toprovide comprehensive surgical, medical and nursing care to persons who are less than 15 yearsof age.”Dr. Marino withdrew his motion.

Trauma Procedure/Protocol Review Committee Meeting MinutesPage 6III.IV.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS/DISCUSSION ONLYThe Committee agreed to meet again on August 15 th at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Chetelat stated the location willbe announced at a later date. Ms. Britt thanked Eric Dievendorf and American Medical Response foroffering their building as a venue for meetings. Ms. Britt also announced the first TraumaRehabilitation Committee meeting will be held on June 20 th at 8:00 am.PUBLIC COMMENTMembers of the public are allowed to speak on action items after the Committee’s discussion and priorto their vote. Each speaker will be given five (5) minutes to address the Committee on the pendingtopic. No person may yield his or her time to another person. In those situations where large groups ofpeople desire to address the Committee on the same matter, the Chair may request that those groupsselect only one or two speakers from the group to address the Committee on behalf of the group. Oncethe action item is closed, no additional public comment will be accepted.Dr. Dort asked if anyone wished to address the Committee. Seeing no one, he closed the PublicComment portion of the meeting.V. ADJOURNMENTAs there was no further business on the agenda, Dr. Dort called for a motion to adjourn. The motionwas seconded and passed unanimously to adjourn at 2:26 p.m.