Trauma Advisory Committee
The Trauma Advisory Committee (TAC) works toward quality patient outcomes through accountable, objective performance improvement activities. This is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, evidence-based process for monitoring and evaluating the trauma system. Performance improvement is an essential component of any trauma system: it establishes the mechanism for determining whether the medical care rendered to trauma system patients meets or exceeds local and national standards.
Voting Members
| Trauma Medical Directors | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center; Children's Hospital of Central California |
| Trauma Coordinators | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center; Children's Hospital of Central California |
| Emergency Department Medical Directors | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center; Emanuel Medical Center; Mercy Medical Center, Merced; Oak Valley District Hospital; Kaiser Permanente, Modesto |
| Trauma Center Surgical Representatives | Orthopedics; Neurosurgery |
| Air Ambulance Medical Directors | Air Methods; PHI |
| Forensic Pathologist |
Non-Voting Members
| Trauma Center Emergency Department Nurse Managers | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center |
| Base Hospital Liaison Nurses | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center; Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Merced; Oak Valley District Hospital; Emanuel Medical Center; Kaiser Permanente, Modesto |
| Pre-Hospital Representation | Ground ambulance representative (appointed by the EMS Agency); air ambulance representatives (2) |
| EMS Agency Medical Directors and Trauma Coordinators | Mountain-Valley EMS Agency; Merced County EMS Agency; San Joaquin EMS Agency; Tuolumne EMS Agency |
| Trauma Center Administration Representatives | Doctors Medical Center; Memorial Medical Center |
| Trauma Department Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners / Trauma Department Nurses | (2) |
Trauma Audit Committee meetings are restricted to official members only.