Trauma Care Readiness and Coordination Cooperative Agreement

A trauma system is, “...an organized, inclusive approach to facilitating and coordinating a multidisciplinary system response to severely injured patients.”[14] Coordination across prehospital entities (e.g., EMS) and hospitals signal an effective trauma system, where patients can get the right level of care they need. Access to trauma care in the United States is inconsistent. For example, 1 in 3 Americans live in a region with incomplete trauma care,[15] and 30 million Americans live over 60 minutes from a trauma care center.[16]The Trauma Care Readiness and Coordination Program supports ASPR’s goal of strengthening state and local preparedness by funding and supporting efforts to improve coordination across EMS, pre-hospital providers, and hospitals.[17] Through this program, ASPR will help recipients test scalable models that improve trauma system readiness and patient access to the right level of care, ultimately improving health outcomes and saving lives. state governments, native American tribal orgs including federally recognized and Alaska native, and other (including -A consortium of level I, II, or III trauma centers designated by applicable State or local agencies within an applicable State or region, and as applicable, other emergency services providers. -A consortium or partnership of nonprofit Indian Health Service, Indian Tribal, and urban Indian trauma centers.)Under this cooperative agreement, one of the eligible members of a consortia of States, a consortium of level I, II, or III trauma centers, or a consortium or partnership of nonprofit Indian Health Service, Indian Tribal, and urban Indian trauma centers will submit the cooperative application on behalf of the consortia, consortium, or partnership, as applicable, and be designated as the applicant. Jennifer Hannah Director Office of Health Care Readiness Jennifer.Hannah@hhs.gov Telephone: 202-245-0722