Trauma Registry

An important part of a Level I trauma center is that we work to understand more about traumatic injuries so that we can improve care and develop better ways to prevent them. As part of that, a trauma registry helps set a system for tracking and reviewing outcomes and trends. The information from our trauma registry, such as types of injuries, ages and where they live, tells us where we need to focus our injury prevention programs and education.

Parkland has maintained a trauma registry since 1986. The trauma registry provides a secure database to support the patient follow-up, performance improvement and research. Parkland’s state-of-the-art system is a national model in performance improvement and data management.

Our system is managed by certified trauma registrars. Each registrar is certified in what’s called injury scoring and has completed the American Trauma Society’s Trauma Registrar Course.