Grants and Contracts Details
Description
We will link the CRASH database for 2014 from Kentucky State Police with the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) database for 2014 from the Kentucky Board of EMS and the hospital
inpatient and emergency department databases for 2014 from the Kentucky Office of Health
Policy. We will also link CRASH, hospital inpatient and ED databases for 2013. This is
essentially a project to expand traffic records linkages formerly done under the NHTSA CODES
project to include the EMS database.
The justification for this project comes from the 2012 KY Traffic Records Assessment.
Specifically, Section 1-C on Data Integration recommends increasing traffic records integration
by "Develop additional linked datasets including merged data sets for crash, roadway, injury
surveillance, citation/adjudication, vehicle, and driver information." Also, the Major
Recommendations for the Statewide Injury Surveillance System (SWISS) component of the
traffic records system include the following: "Coordinate with Kentucky Traffic Records Advisory
Committee to secure funding to continue the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System program
once NHTSA’s financial support ends.
There are several known benefits of integrating the CRASH and EMS data systems.
(1) Improve accuracy of linkage of CRASH records with hospital inpatient, emergency
department, and trauma registry data systems, particularly for patients who are transported
between hospitals.
(2) Improve knowledge of injury severity by adding information on Glasgow Coma Scale and
vital signs (pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate) that is not included on inpatient and ED
electronic records.
(3) Potentially improve knowledge about safety device use such as motorcycle helmets.
(4) Improve knowledge about pre-existing health and medical conditions that might have played
a contributing role in the crash.
(5) Add capability of analyzing transport patterns for trauma system analyses. E.g. are patients
being transported appropriately according to recommended protocols, etc.
There will likely be additional benefits that come to light after the CRASH and EMS data
systems are linked.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/1/14 → 9/30/15 |
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