January 4, 11, 18, & 25 from 1-5 p.m.  Zoom platform

Participants in course must have webcam and microphone capabilities as active participation in discussions is required.

The 4-half day course is designed for registrars, trauma nurse coordinators / program managers, physicians, hospital records personnel, and researchers or engineers who are responsible for injury databases. (Participants should have general knowledge of anatomy.)

Course Objectives

• Understand the structure, organization and contents of the Abbreviated Injury Scale
• Abstract injury data from medical charts
• Rule out information that is not codeable
• Distinguish between injuries and outcomes
• Apply injury coding rules and guidelines specific to each body region
• Apply rules for calculating the Injury Severity Score (ISS) for multiple body region injuries

Members only event. Member savings $450. Cost includes copy of the AIS©2005/2008 Update Dictionary.