ABOUT CBRAC

COASTAL BEND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA SERVICE AREA – U, INC.

The Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council (CBRAC) on Trauma Service Area – U (TSA-U), Inc., is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization functioning according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) rule 157.123 and organized in accordance with the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. This Regional Advisory Council (RAC) is an organization of local citizens and member organizations representing licensed healthcare entities within TSA-U.

Trauma Service Area U (CBRAC-U) Includes The Following Counties:

  • Aransas
  • Bee
  • Brooks
  • Duval
  • Kenedy
  • Kleberg
  • Live Oak
  • Jim Wells
  • McMullen
  • Nueces
  • Refugio
  • San Patricio

TSA-U represents 12,974 square miles and over 582,600 people. TSA-U has a level II Trauma Center, a level III Children’s Hospital, and seven level IV facilities, as well as Primary Certified Stroke Centers with PCI and Accredited Chest Pain Centers.

What is a RAC?

Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) are the administrative bodies responsible for trauma system oversight within the bounds of a given Trauma Service Area in Texas. Each of the 22 RACs is tasked with developing, implementing, and monitoring a regional emergency medical service trauma system plan.

Generally, RAC stakeholders are comprised of healthcare entities and other concerned citizens with an interest in improving and organizing trauma care. As such, not every Regional Advisory Council is structured the same. However, each RAC has the same objectives – to reduce the incidence of trauma through education, data collection, data analysis and performance improvement. Typically, this is accomplished via the provision of educational programs and performance improvement efforts designed to offer every provider guidance and motive to reduce the incidence of trauma, as well as improve outcomes of trauma patients.

The purpose of a Regional Advisory Council (RAC) is to develop, implement and monitor a regional emergency medical services (EMS) trauma system plan to facilitate trauma system networking within its TSA or group of TSAs. A RAC is an organized group of healthcare entities and other concerned citizens who have an interest in improving and organizing trauma care within a specified Trauma Service Area (TSA). RAC membership may include hospitals, physicians, nurses, EMS providers, rehabilitation facilities, dispatchers, as well as other community groups.

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