Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Statewide Trauma System Act

• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Advanced level rehabilitation center: means a rehabilitation center which, in addition to the services provided at intermediate level and general level rehabilitation centers, provides services to patients with traumatic brain or spinal injuries, complicated amputations, and other diagnoses resulting in functional impairment in more than one functional area, with moderate to severe impairment or complexity, and serves as a referral facility for intermediate level and general level rehabilitative services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8204
• Advanced level trauma center: means a trauma center which, in addition to providing all of the services provided by basic level and general level trauma centers, also provides definitive care for complex and severe trauma, an emergency trauma team available within fifteen minutes, twenty-four hours per day, inhouse operating room personnel who initiate surgery, a neurosurgeon available who provides neurological assessment and stabilization, a broad range of specialists available for consultation or care, comprehensive diagnostic capabilities and support equipment, and appropriate equipment for pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating room. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8205
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Basic level trauma center: means a trauma center which has a trauma-trained physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant available within thirty minutes to provide stabilization and transfer to a higher level trauma center when appropriate, which has basic equipment for resuscitation and stabilization, which maintains appropriate equipment for pediatric trauma patients for resuscitation and stabilization, and which may provide limited surgical intervention based upon the expertise of available onsite staff. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8207
• Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Complete data set means a predetermined set of demographic and medical definitions that: includes the minimum data set with additional data points as set forth in the rules and regulations adopted under the Statewide Trauma System Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8209
• Comprehensive level trauma center: means a trauma center which (1) provides the highest level of definitive, comprehensive care for patients with complex traumatic injury, (2) provides an emergency trauma team available within fifteen minutes, twenty-four hours per day, including inhouse, immediately available personnel who can initiate surgery and appropriate equipment for pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating room, and (3) is responsible for research, education, and outreach programs for trauma. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8210
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8211
• Designated rehabilitation centers: means advanced, intermediate, or general level rehabilitation centers. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8212
• Designated trauma centers: means advanced, basic, comprehensive, general, and specialty level trauma centers. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8213
• Designation: means a formal determination by the department that a hospital or health care facility is capable of providing designated trauma care or rehabilitative services as authorized in the Statewide Trauma System Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8214
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Emergency medical service: means the organization responding to a perceived individual need for medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8215
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• General level rehabilitation center: means a rehabilitation center which provides services to individuals with musculoskeletal injuries, peripheral nerve injuries, uncomplicated lower extremity amputations, and other diagnoses resulting in functional impairment in one or more functional areas, with minimum to moderate impairment or complexity. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8217
• General level trauma center: means a trauma center that (1) provides initial evaluation and stabilization, including surgical stabilization if appropriate, and general medical and surgical inpatient services to patients who can be maintained in a stable or improving condition without specialized care, (2) prepares for transfer and transfers patients meeting predetermined criteria pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted under the Statewide Trauma System Act to higher level trauma centers, (3) is physician directed within a formally organized trauma team, (4) provides trauma-trained physicians and nurses to the emergency department within thirty minutes of notification, (5) has personnel available who can initiate surgery, (6) has appropriate diagnostic capabilities and equipment, and (7) maintains appropriate equipment for pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating room. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8218
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Hospital: means a health care facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or a comparable health care facility operated by the federal government or located and licensed in another state. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8219
• Intermediate level rehabilitation center: means a rehabilitation center which provides rehabilitative services to individuals with musculoskeletal trauma, peripheral nerve lesions, lower extremity amputations, and other diagnoses resulting in functional impairment in one or more functional areas, with moderate to severe impairment or complexity. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8220.01
• Minimum data set: means a predetermined set of demographic and medical definitions set forth in the rules and regulations adopted under the Statewide Trauma System Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8221
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Patient care protocols: means the written procedures adopted by the medical staff of a trauma center, specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center, or rehabilitation center that direct the care of the patient, based upon the assessment of the patient's medical needs. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8224
• Pediatric trauma patient: means a trauma patient known or estimated to be less than sixteen years of age. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8225
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Regional medical director: means a physician licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8228
• Rehabilitative services: means a system or collection of comprehensive medical and therapy services that are interdisciplinary, coordinated, and resource-intense with the goal of restoring physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and vocational functioning so that an individual can return to home, work, or society, becoming a productive participant in his or her community. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8229
• Specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center: means a trauma center that provides specialized care in the areas of burns or pediatrics. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8230
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• State trauma medical director: means a physician licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act who advises the department and carries out duties under the Statewide Trauma System Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8231
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Trauma: means a single-system or multisystem injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent disability. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8232
• Trauma care regions: means geographic areas established by the department under section 71-8250. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8233
• Trauma system: means an organized approach to providing care to trauma patients that provides personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and coordinated trauma care. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8235
• Trauma team: means a team of physicians, nurses, medical technicians, and other personnel compiled to respond to an acutely injured patient upon the patient's arrival at the hospital. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8234
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801