Trauma Quality Programs

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Improving Care for the Injured Patient

All ACS Trauma Quality Programs serving trauma centers aim to improve care for the injured patient by setting standards that define the structures and processes of care, measuring patient outcomes through risk-adjusted benchmarking, promoting best practices, and adhering to performance improvement principles.

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Trauma Verification, Review, and Consultation Program (VRC)

The ACS VRC Program validates the resources for trauma care at trauma centers.

Trauma Quality Improvement Program

Elevate the quality of care for trauma patients in your trauma center.

ACS TQP Best Practices Guidelines

Download the latest Best Practice Guidelines, the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, for new evidence and novel insights on managing TBI.