The Kentucky Trauma Registry was established by state law (Kentucky Revised Statute [KRS] 211.490 et seq.; 902 Kentucky Administrative Regulation [KAR] 28:040) to be the statewide repository for trauma data. Now referred to as the Kentucky Trauma Data Bank, it is housed administratively in the Kentucky Department for Public Health and managed by KIPRC.
Trauma system leadership is provided by the state Trauma Advisory Committee, the membership of which is set out in the governing statute. All trauma centers designated by the Commissioner for Public Health in the Kentucky Trauma Care System maintain trauma registries that are compatible with National Trauma Data Bank standards established in the National Trauma Data Standard Data Dictionary.
The trauma centers upload trauma data electronically every quarter into the Kentucky Trauma Data Bank. With support from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, KIPRC analyzes the statewide trauma registry data and provides a detailed profile of the traumatic injuries treated in the state’s trauma facilities.
