NAC450B.760. Definitions.

As used in NAC 450B.760 to 450B.774, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

     1. “Center for the treatment of trauma” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 450B.786.

     2. “Glasgow Coma Scale” means a system of valuation that provides a numerical measure of the level of consciousness of a patient based on responses to verbal and motor stimuli.

     3. “Pediatric center for the treatment of trauma” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 450B.799.

     4. “Receiving hospital” means a hospital licensed in this State with emergency services which has not been designated as a center for the treatment of trauma or a pediatric center for the treatment of trauma, but which has been assigned a role by the Health Division in the system for providing treatment for trauma as defined in NAC 450B.810.

     5. “Revised trauma score” means the numerical measure of the severity of an injury computed from coded values that are assigned to specified intervals of the Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure and respiratory rate, as described in the article “A Revision of the Trauma Score” set forth in The Journal of Trauma, Volume 29, No. 5, 1989.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 3-15-88; A 1-18-94; R182-01, 3-5-2002; R139-07, 1-30-2008)