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‘‘(A) the number and types of trauma patients for whom such centers must provide care in order to ensure that such centers will have sufficient experience and expertise to be able to provide quality care for victims of injury; ‘‘(B) the resources and equipment needed by such centers; and ‘‘(C) the availability of rehabilitation services for trauma patients; ‘‘(4) contains standards and requirements for the implementation of regional trauma care systems, including standards and guidelines (consistent with the provisions of section 1867 of the Social Security Act) for medically directed triage and transportation of trauma patients (including patients injured in rural areas) prior to care in designated trauma centers; ‘‘(5) subject to subsection (b), contains national standards and requirements, including those of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, for medically directed triage and transport of severely injured children to designated trauma centers with specified capabilities and expertise in the care of pediatric trauma patients; ‘‘(6) utilizes a program with procedures for the evaluation of designated trauma centers (including trauma centers described in paragraph (5)) and trauma care systems; ‘‘(7) provides for the establishment and collection of data in accordance with data collection requirements developed in consultation with surgical, medical, and nursing specialty groups, State and local emergency medical services directors, and other trained professionals in trauma care, from each designated trauma center in the State of a central data reporting and analysis system— ‘‘(A) to identify the number of severely injured trauma patients and the number of deaths from trauma within trauma care systems in the State; ‘‘(B) to identify the cause of the injury and any factors contributing to the injury; ‘‘(C) to identify the nature and severity of the injury; ‘‘(D) to monitor trauma patient care (including prehospital care) in each designated trauma center within regional trauma care systems in the State (including relevant emergency-department discharges and rehabilitation information) for the purpose of evaluating the diagnosis, treatment, and treatment outcome of such trauma patients; ‘‘(E) to identify the total amount of uncompensated trauma care expenditures for each fiscal year by each designated trauma center in the State; and ‘‘(F) to identify patients transferred within a regional trauma system, including reasons for such transfer and the outcomes of such patients; ‘‘(8) provides for the use of procedures by paramedics and emergency medical technicians to assess the severity of the injuries incurred by trauma patients; ‘‘(9) provides for appropriate transportation and transfer policies to ensure the delivery of patients to designated trauma centers and other facilities within and outside of the jurisdiction
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