Acute Care Research // Acute Cardiac and Stroke Care Studies

As designated by the State of Texas, STRAC developed, implemented, and maintains the trauma system for Trauma Service Area - P (TSA-P). TSA-P includes 22 counties (urban, suburban, rural, and frontier) in a 26,000 square mile area consisting of 74 general and specialty hospitals, including two Level I Trauma Centers, 16 PCI centers, 12 stroke centers, air medical providers, and over 70 EMS agencies. STRAC designed, developed, and deployed a data collection system for the region, EMS Patient Care Records (ePCR), which is used by over 60 agencies and contains over 2.5 million records. In tandem, STRAC developed a regional Trauma Registry with an outside vendor, which has been implemented at 25 of the 31 designated trauma facilities in TSA-P; there are over 175,000 records in the trauma registry. STRAC operates MEDCOM, a regional coordination center which facilitates trauma transfers to the appropriate level of care in the TSA-P area and adjacent Trauma Service Areas. Given the plethora of data elements and the strategic partnerships harnessed through stakeholder engagement, STRAC has conducted research in the areas of Trauma, Stroke, and Cardiac care.