Trauma registry and use of data
Half (51%) of respondents stated they used a trauma database
in addition to TARN. Only 9% of respondents reported that they collected
data as part of their role, and indicated that the majority of
data collection is undertaken by clerical staff (47%), a data manager
(17%) or medical records staff (4%). However, 66% of respondents
indicated they did some form of data entry and 53% performed
trauma data reporting.