RTAC or a Regional Trauma Advisory Council is an organized group of health care entities and other concerned individuals who have an interest in organizing and improving trauma care within a specified region or the State.

An RTAC serves as a unifying foundation bringing together all local, county, regional, state, federal, and other agencies for the purpose of planning education, training and prevention activities to assure that exemplary care is provided for people both pre- and post-injury.

In the State of Wisconsin there are seven regions. Each of these regions are centered around a verified Level 1 or Level 2 hospital. The RTAC boundary formation is also supported by existing referral patterns. Just like referral patterns, RTAC boundaries are fluid. A community may indeed be involved in two different RTAC's.

The South Central Region held its first RTAC meeting in May of 2002. The meeting was attended by approximately 100 people, ranging from hospital directors to EMS directors. If you are interested in participating in the next RTC meeting please continue to explore this site and email Lynne Sears at lm.sears@hosp.wisc.edu.

May 27, 2005
Advance Burn Life Support Provider Course, Madison, WI
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June 9-11, 2004
Emergency Care and Trauma Symposium, Wisconsin Dells, WI http://www.cme.wisc.edu/conference.html

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