1. (1) A CRPC and a state designated pediatric trauma center shall have a pediatric trauma program with the following requirements:

   1. (a) A pediatric trauma medical director who shall be a pediatric surgeon, board certified/board eligible in pediatric surgery, with demonstrated competence in care of the injured child. The director shall have full responsibility and authority for the pediatric trauma program and shall meet the following requirements:

      1. 1. 36 hours of category I external trauma/critical care CME every three (3) years or twelve (12) hours each year, and attend one national meeting whose focus is pediatric trauma or critical care every three (3) years;
      2. 2. Participates in the physician call schedule;
      3. 3. Has the authority to manage all aspects of trauma care;
      4. 4. Authorizes trauma service privileges of the on-call providers;
      5. 5. Works in cooperation with nursing administration to support the nursing needs of trauma patients;
      6. 6. Develops treatment protocols along with the trauma team;
      7. 7. Coordinates performance improvement and peer review processes;
      8. 8. With the assistance of the facility administration and the trauma program coordinator, be involved in coordinating the budgetary process for the trauma program;
      9. 9. Participates in regional and national trauma organizations; and
      10. 10. Retains a current ATLS certification and participates in the provision of trauma- related instruction to other health care personnel.
   2. (b) Current board certified/board eligible pediatric surgeons on the trauma service who shall have successfully completed the ATLS course at least once. Maintenance of current ATLS status is strongly encouraged.
   3. (c) Shall be involved in local/regional EMS agencies/facilities and/or personnel and assist in trauma education, performance improvement, and feedback regarding care.

   4. (d) A trauma program leader who shall:

      1. 1. Be an RN with experience in pediatric emergency and/or critical care nursing;
      2. 2. Have a defined job description and organizational chart delineating roles and responsibilities;
      3. 3. Be provided the administrative and budgetary support to complete educational, clinical, administrative and outreach activities for the trauma program; and
      4. 4. Show evidence of educational preparation with a minimum of 12 hours internal or external of trauma related continuing education per year. This shall include attending one (1) national meeting within a three (3) year trauma program designated cycle.

   5. (e) Shall submit trauma registry data electronically to the state trauma registry on all closed patient files for the Board to analyze.

      1. 1. Data shall be transmitted to the state trauma registry in accordance with the state trauma rules. Failure to submit data may result in the delinquent facility’s necessity to appear before the Board for any disciplinary action it deems appropriate.
      2. 2. Shall have a full-time equivalent trauma registrar for each five hundred (500) through seven hundred fifty (750) trauma patients per year.
   6. (f) The pediatric trauma program must annually admit two hundred (200) or more pediatric trauma patients younger than fifteen (15) years of age. These admissions may include inpatient or twenty-three (23) hour observations, but should exclude patients admitted for drowning, poisoning, foreign bodies, asphyxiation or suffocation without presence of injury, patients who are dead on arrival to the facility or other pediatric patients excluded as per the most recent version of the Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

   7. (g) Shall have a pediatric trauma committee chaired by the pediatric trauma medical director with designated representation from pediatric general surgery and liaisons to the trauma program from pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care, neurosurgery, pediatric anesthesia, pediatric radiology, pediatric orthopedics, and the pediatric trauma program leader. The pediatric trauma committee shall meet at least quarterly. Members or designees shall attend at least fifty percent (50%) of meetings.

      1. 1. This committee shall assure participation in a pediatric trauma process improvement program with the following requirements and responsibilities:
   8. (i) Administration shall provide resources to support the trauma process improvement program;
   9. (ii) A performance improvement coordinator shall be designated with dedicated time for this responsibility;
   10. (iii) The trauma registry shall be used to support the PIPS process;
   11. (iv) Identify process and outcome measures;
   12. (v) Have a morbidity and mortality review of trauma patients;

   13. (vi) Maintain a trauma bypass/diversion log:

       1. (I) Trauma bypass/diversion shall not exceed five percent (5%).
       2. (II) Pediatric surgery on-call shall be involved in bypass/diversion decisions.
       3. (III) All bypass/diversions shall be reviewed.

   14. (vii) Document and review response/consult times for pediatric surgeons, neurosurgeons, pediatric anesthesia, and pediatric orthopedists, all of whom must demonstrate eighty percent (80%) compliance with facility determined timed guidelines;

       1. (viii) Monitor team notification times. For highest level of trauma activation, the pediatric trauma surgeon must be present within fifteen (15) minutes of patient arrival eighty percent (80%) of the time;
   15. (ix) Review pre-hospital trauma care to include patients dead on arrival;
   16. (x) Review times, reasons and appropriateness of care for transfer of injured patients;
   17. (xi) Demonstrate that action taken as a result of issues identified in the process improvement program created a measurable improvement. Documentation shall include where appropriate: problem identification, analysis, preventability, action plan, implementation and reevaluation;
   18. (xii) Evaluation of operational process improvement (evaluation of systems issues) shall occur to address, assess, and correct global trauma program and system issues, and correct overall program deficiencies to continue to optimize patient care.

   19. (h) Shall have clearly defined graded activation criteria.

       1. 1. Criteria for the highest level of activation shall be clearly defined and evaluated by the pediatric trauma committee.
       2. 2. For the highest level of activation, the trauma team shall be immediately available and the pediatric trauma attending available within fifteen (15) minutes of patient arrival eighty percent (80%) of the time, and shall include a trauma chief resident with three (3) to five (5) years of post-graduate year training or a pediatric emergency physician.

   20. (i) Shall have an injury prevention program which:

       1. 1. Shall have an organized and effective approach to injury prevention and must prioritize those efforts based on trauma registry and epidemiologic data;
       2. 2. Shall have a full-time injury prevention coordinator dedicated to the trauma program to ensure community and regional injury prevention activities are implemented and evaluated for effectiveness;
       3. 3. Shall implement at least two programs that address one of the major causes of injury in the community; and
       4. 4. Shall screen for alcohol and drug abuse in admitted patients.
   21. (j) The PTC shall also have other subspecialty trained surgical and medical providers who are board eligible or board certified and meeting the requirements of maintenance of certification, or who are credentialed providers in Tennessee prior to the promulgation of these rules in their respective subspecialty as listed in Table 1.

2. (2) State Pediatric Trauma Center Designation

   1. (a) The Board shall implement the designation process.

   2. (b) The preliminary designation process for facilities aspiring for designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center shall consist of the following:

      1. 1. Each facility desiring designation shall submit an application to the Board;
      2. 2. A Department site visit team (“team”) shall review each submitted application and shall act in an advisory capacity to the Board;
      3. 3. The team shall communicate deemed application deficiencies to the facility in writing;
      4. 4. The facility shall have thirty (30) days to submit required information; and
      5. 5. Arrangements shall be made for a provisional site visit for those facilities meeting application requirements.

   3. (c) The site visit team shall consist of the following for Pediatric Trauma Centers:

      1. 1. A pediatric trauma surgeon medical director or a pediatric trauma surgeon who has previously been a medical director from an out-of-state pediatric trauma center who shall serve as team leader.
      2. 2. A pediatric trauma surgeon from an in-state pediatric trauma center.
      3. 3. An in-state pediatric trauma leader from a pediatric trauma center.
      4. 4. The state trauma program manager and/or state EMS director.
   4. (d) The team shall be appointed by the state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director.
   5. (e) The team shall conduct a provisional visit to ensure compliance with all criteria required for designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center. During the provisional visit, the applicant shall demonstrate that the required mechanisms to meet the criteria for the desired designation level are in place.
   6. (f) The team shall identify deficiencies and areas for improvement it deems necessary for designation.
   7. (g) If the team does not cite any deficiencies and concludes that the facility is otherwise in compliance with all applicable standards, it shall approve the applicant to function with provisional status for a period of one (1) year.
   8. (h) If, during the provisional visit, the team cites deficiencies, it shall not approve provisional status for the applicant to function as a Pediatric Trauma Center. Centers with deficiencies shall have fifteen (15) days from receipt of the deficiency report to provide documentation demonstrating compliance. If the facility is unable to correct the deficiencies within fifteen (15) days, the application shall be denied, and the applicant may not resubmit an application for trauma center designation for at least one (1) year from the date of denial.

   9. (i) Facilities granted provisional status as a Pediatric Trauma Center shall adhere to the following:

      1. 1. The facility shall be prepared to provide:
   10. (i) A description of changes made after the grant of provisional status;
   11. (ii) A description of areas of improvement cited during the provisional visit; and

   12. (iii) A summary of the facility’s trauma service based on the trauma registry report.

       1. 2. The team shall conduct a site visit at the termination of the applicant’s one (1) year provisional designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center.
       2. 3. During the follow-up visit, the team shall identify the presence of deficiencies and areas of improvement.

   13. (j) Upon completion of the follow-up visit, the team shall submit its findings and designation recommendation to the Board.

       1. 1. If the team cites deficiencies found during its follow-up visit, they shall be included in its report to the Board.
       2. 2. At the time that the team’s report is presented to the Board, the facility requesting Pediatric Trauma Center designation shall be allowed to present evidence to the Board demonstrating action taken to correct the cited deficiencies.
   14. (k) The final decision regarding Pediatric Trauma Center designation shall be rendered by the Board. If granted, the designation is in effect for a period of three (3) years.
   15. (l) If the Board denies the application, the facility may not reapply for at least one (1) year. If provisional status was granted, such status will be revoked.
   16. (m) The facility applying for Pediatric Trauma Center designation shall bear all costs of the application process, including the costs of a site visit.
   17. (n) A facility seeking a consultation/verification site visit through the American College of Surgeons as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center shall coordinate with state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director to ensure his/her attendance at the ACS site visit. If state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director is unable to attend the site visit, the finalized report from the site visit shall be shared with the state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director for presentation to the Board if the facility seeks a reciprocal designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center.
   18. (o) Denial of Provisional or Full Designation. When the Board denies provisional or full designation, it must provide the facility with a written notification of the action and the basis for the action. The notice will inform the facility of the right to appeal and the procedure to appeal the action under the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.

3. (3) State Pediatric Trauma Center Verification

   1. (a) Following designation as a pediatric trauma center, a verification site visit shall be conducted at the facility every three (3) years.
   2. (b) The team shall advise the center of an upcoming verification visit at least sixty (60) days prior to the visit. After the facility receives notice of the upcoming verification site visit, it shall prepare all materials the team requests for submission.
   3. (c) The team shall conduct an exit interview with the facility at the conclusion of the verification visit.

   4. (d) During the exit interview the team shall communicate the following:

      1. 1. The presence of deficiencies;
      2. 2. The facility’s strengths and weaknesses; and
      3. 3. Recommendations for improvements and correction of deficiencies.
   5. (e) The team shall submit a site visit report within sixty (60) days of completion of the site visit. It shall submit a copy of the report to the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the facility, the Pediatric Trauma Medical Director and the Pediatric Trauma Program Manager (TPM).
   6. (f) If the team does not cite deficiencies and the center is in compliance with all applicable standards, it shall recommend that the facility maintain its designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center for a period of three (3) additional years.
   7. (g) If during the site visit the team identifies deficiencies, the center shall have a period not to exceed sixty (60) days to correct deficiencies.
   8. (h) If the team ascertains that deficiencies have not been corrected within sixty (60) days, whether through desk review or an on-site visit, the center must present an explanation to the Board at its next scheduled meeting.
   9. (i) The facility shall bear all costs of the verification process, including the costs of a site visit.
   10. (j) If a Pediatric Trauma Center already designated by the Board elects to undergo an American College of Surgeons Pediatric Level I trauma center consultation/verification site visit, the facility shall coordinate with the state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director to ensure his/her attendance at the review. If the state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director is unable to attend the site visit, the finalized report from the site visit shall be shared with the state trauma system director and/or state trauma system assistant director for presentation to the Board if the facility seeks a reciprocal state designation as a Pediatric Trauma Center.

4. (4) State Pediatric Trauma Center Disciplinary Action

   1. (a) The Board may, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise discipline, a facility’s trauma center designation.

   2. (b) The Board may revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise discipline, the designation or provisional status of a center when an owner, officer, director, manager, employee or independent contractor:

      1. 1. Fails to comply with the provisions of these rules;
      2. 2. Makes a false statement of material fact about the center’s capabilities or other pertinent circumstances in any record or matter under investigation for any purposes connected with these rules;
      3. 3. Prevents, interferes with, or attempts to impede in any way, the work of a representative of the Board;
      4. 4. Falsely advertises or in any way misrepresents the facility’s ability to care for patients based on its designation status;
      5. 5. Fails to provide reports required by the trauma registry or the Commission in a timely and complete fashion; or
      6. 6. Fails to comply with or complete a plan of correction in the time or manner specified.
   3. (c) Denial of Provisional or Full Designation. When the Board denies provisional or full designation, it must provide the center with a written notification of the action and the basis for the action. The notice will inform the center of the right to appeal and the procedure to appeal the action under the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.

5. (5) State Pediatric Trauma Center Prohibitions

   1. (a) It shall be a violation of these regulations for any health care facility to hold out, advertise or otherwise represent itself to be a “trauma center” as licensed by the Board unless it has complied with the regulations set out herein and the Board has so designated it.
   2. (b) Any facility the Board designates as a trauma center, at any level, shall comply with the requirements of EMTALA. The medical needs of a patient and the available medical resources of the facility, rather than the financial resources of a patient, shall be the determining factors concerning the scope of service provided.
   3. (c) The term “trauma center” refers to a main facility campus that has met all requirements to satisfy trauma center rule designation. Off campus sites are excluded in this designation.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-11-202, 68-11-209, and 68-11-251. Administrative History: New rule filed July 10, 2025; effective October 8, 2025. 0720-31 TABLE 1. Table 1 (Parts 1–6) provides a summary for emergency care facilities for each level of pediatric health care. Personnel, equipment, and issues that are essential at each designation or level are described as either being essential in the emergency department (EED), essential in the pediatric intensive care unit (EPI), essential within the facility (EF), essential in the facility and immediately available within 15 minutes (EFI), or promptly available (EP). An optional but strongly encouraged category (SE) is used to describe personnel, activities or issues that may be essential to network a comprehensive regionalized EMS- EMSC system in rural areas. Although these are not generally required of a specific facility, they are strongly encouraged if such services are not available within a reasonable distance.* *Some services are usually available at a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center but, if not provided, then transfer agreements must be in place (ES). Other capabilities must be available in the pediatric intensive care units but should be promptly available to the emergency department and facility (EPI and EP). 1 All medical specialists shall have pediatric expertise as evidenced by board certification, fellowship training, or demonstrated commitment and continuing medical education in their subspecialty area. 2 A forensic pathologist must be available either as part of the facility staff or on a consulting basis. 3 Medications may be exempted if the facility can demonstrate PALS recommendation changes, manufacturer recalls or shortages, or Food and Drug Administration requirement issues. 4 A resident in postgraduate year >3 or a pediatric emergency attending physician who is part of the trauma team may be approved to begin resuscitation while awaiting the arrival of the pediatric surgery attending/fellow, but cannot independently fulfill the responsibilities of, or substitute for, the pediatric surgery attending/fellow. The presence of such a resident or attending pediatric emergency physician may allow the surgery attending/fellow to participate in the physician call schedule from outside the facility. 5 This requirement can also be met by having one surgeon who is board certified or board eligible with demonstrated interest and skills in pediatric neurosurgical trauma care. This is evidenced by 12 hours of pediatric neurosurgical CMEs per year, of which 8 are pediatric trauma care. 6 The Vascular surgeon requirement may be provided by a pediatric trauma surgeon. TABLE 1. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE FACILITIES Part 1/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL General 1. PERSONNEL CRPC General Primary Basic PTC w/PICU Physician with pediatric emergency care EED EED EED EED EP EED experience EED& RN with pediatric training EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Full-time ED RN personnel 24 hours a day trained in pediatric trauma specific E E education/competencies EED& Respiratory therapist EED&EPI EED&EPI EF EF EPI Trauma program leader E SE E CRPC Coordinator E Nurse educator EED&EPI EED&EPI E SE SE E Trauma team E SE SE SE E Physician Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator EED EED EED EED EED E Nursing Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator EED EED EED EED EED E Pediatric Anesthesia Services EP EP EP EP EFI Specialist consultants Pediatrician EP EP EP EP SE EP Pediatric Radiologist EP SE SE SE SE EP Radiologist EP EP EP SE Anesthesiologist EP EP SE Pediatric Anesthesiologist EP EP EP Pediatric Cardiologist EP EP EP Pediatric Critical Care Physician EP EP EFI Pediatric Nephrologist EP SE EP Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist EP SE EP Pediatric Endocrinologist EP SE EP Pediatric Gastroenterologist EP SE EP Neurologist EP Pediatric Neurologist EP SE EP Pediatric Pulmonologist EP SE EP Psychiatrist/Psychologist EP SE EP Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician EP SE EP Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation Physician E E Interventional Radiologist EP Pathology EP2 E Surgical specialists General surgeon EP EP SE Pediatric surgeon EP EP SE EFI4 Neurosurgery EP Pediatric Neurosurgeon SE SE SE EP5 Pediatric Orthopedic surgeon EP E SE SE EP Otolaryngologist EP Pediatric Otolaryngologist EP SE EP Pediatric Urologist EP EP Pediatric Plastic surgeon * EP EP Oral/Maxillofacial surgeon EP EP Gynecologist EP EP Microvascular surgeon * EP EP Hand surgeon * EP EP Pediatric Ophthalmologist EP E EP Pediatric Cardiac surgeon * EP EP Vascular surgeon * EP6 EP6 Rehabilitation Program Physical Therapy E E E Occupational Therapy E E E Speech Therapy E E E School Education Program E E Part 2/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL General 2. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES CRPC General Primary Basic PTC w/ PICU EMS communication equipment E E E E E E Organized emergency cart EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EED A length based resuscitation tape and EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EED precalculated pediatric drug dosing reference in mg and mL Tourniquets for hemorrhage control EED EED EED EED EED EED Ultrasound for performing FAST examination EED Monitoring devices Continuous pulse oximeter monitoring with alarms EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED (adult/pediatric probes) EPI EED& Blood pressure cuffs (infant, child, adult) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Rectal thermometer probe EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EF EPI EED& Otoscope, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Cardiopulmonary monitor and defibrillator with pediatric paddles or pads and hard copy capability, EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EF visible/audible alarms, routine testing and EPI maintenance Noninvasive blood pressure monitoring (infant, EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF child, adult) EPI EED& End tidal CO2 detector for neonate and child EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& End tidal CO2 monitor EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Monitor for central venous pressure, arterial lines, EF&E EF&EPI EF&EPI temperature PI Monitor for intracranial pressure EPI EPI EED& Transportable monitor EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EF EPI Airway control/ventilation equipment Bag-valve-mask device: neonatal, pediatric, and EED& adult with oxygen reservoir and without pop-off EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI valve. Infant, child, and adult masks EED& Oxygen delivery device with flow meter EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Oral airway (1 set of sizes 0–5 or equivalent) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Clear non-rebreathing oxygen masks (neonatal to EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED adult size) EPI EED& Nasal cannula (infant, child, adult) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& PEEP valve EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EPI Suction devices-catheters 6–14 fr, rigid-tip/suction EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED equipment EPI EED& Nasal airways (infant, child, adult) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Nasogastric tubes (sizes 8–16 fr) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Laryngoscope handle and blades EED& - curved 2, 3, 4 EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& - straight 0, 1, 2, 3 EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Endotracheal tubes: sizes 2.5–3.0 uncuffed and EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED sizes 3.0–8.0 cuffed EPI EED& Stylets for endotracheal tubes (pediatric, adult) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Lubricant, water soluble EED EED&EPI EED EED EED EED Magill forceps (pediatric, adult) EED EED&EPI EED EED EED EED Spirometers and chest physiotherapy equipment EF EF EF EF EF Inhalation therapy equipment (pediatric and adult EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED sizes) EPI Tracheostomy tubes (sizes 3–6) EF EF EF EF EF Nasal atomizer EED EED EED EED EED EED Pediatric endoscopes and bronchoscopes EF EF EF EF available EED& Pediatric conventional ventilators EED&EPI EED&EPI EF EPI High frequency oscillatory ventilator EPI EPI EPI Difficult airway equipment and protocol for the EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED SE SE management of patients with a difficult airway EPI Vascular access supplies EED& Arm boards (infant, child, and adult sizes) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Catheters for intravenous lines (16–24 gauge) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Needles (various sizes ranging 18–27 gauge) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Intraosseous needles EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Umbilical vessel catheters (3,5 fr) and cannulation EED EED EED EF SE EED tray IV administration sets and extension tubing, EED& stopcocks, luer to luer connectors and T- EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI connectors EED& Ultrasound machine for vascular access EED&EPI EED&EPI EPI Infusion device able to regulate rate and volume of EED& EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED infusate EPI EED& Central venous access catheters (4–7 fr) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EPI EED& IV fluid/blood warmer EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF SE EPI EED& Blood gas kit EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF SE EPI EED& Rapid infusion device EED&EPI EED&EPI EF SE SE EPI Specialized pediatric trays EED& Lumbar puncture EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EF EPI Urinary catheterization: Foley 6–14 fr (may accept EED& a 5 or 6 fr feeding tube or umbilical catheter as EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI compliant for the 6 fr Foley) EED& Thoracostomy tray with chest tube sizes 10–28 fr EED&EPI EED&EPI EED SE EPI EED& Intracranial pressure monitor tray EED&EPI EPI Obstetrical Kit EED EED EED EED EED EED Thoracotomy Tray EF EF Pediatric Pericardiocentesis Tray EF EF Fracture management devices Cervical immobilization equipment suitable for ped. EED EED EED EED EED EED patients Spine board (child/adult) EED EED EED EED EED EED Extremity splints EED EED EED EED EED EED Femur splint; child, adult EED EED EED EED EED EED Medications3 EED& Beta-2 agonist for inhalation EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Calcium chloride EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EF EPI Corticosteroids (dexamethasone, EED EED&EPI EED EED EED EED methylprednisolone) Cyanide kit and pediatric doses EED EF EF SE SE EED Dantrolene EF EF EF EF EF EF EED& Dextrose – 10% and 25% EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Digoxin antibody EF EF EF EF SE EF Diphenhydramine EED EED EED EED EF EED EED& Epinephrine (1:1,000 or 1mg/mL) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Epinephrine (1:10,000 or 0.1mg/mL) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Factor VIII, IX concentrates, DDAVP EF EF EF EF EF Flumazenil EF EF EF EF EF EF EED& Furosemide EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EF EPI Glucagon EED EED EED EED EED EED& Hypertonic 3% sodium chloride IV solution EED&EPI EED&EPI EF EF EF EPI Insulin EF EF EF EF EF EF Intralipid EF EF EF SE EF EED& Isotonic balanced salt solution and D5NS EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Kayexalate EF EF EF EF EF EED& Ketamine EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EF EPI EED& Magnesium sulfate EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EF EPI EED& Mannitol-20% EED&EPI EED&EPI EF EF EF EPI Methylene blue EF EF EF EF EF EF N-acetyl cysteine EF EF EF EF SE EF EED& Naloxone EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Nitric oxide EF EF EF Ondansetron EF EF EF EF EF EF Potassium chloride EF EF EF EF EF EF Prostaglandin EF EF EF EF EF Sodium bicarbonate 4.2% and 8.4% EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EF Succinylcholine EED EED EED EF EF Whole bowel irrigation solution EF EF EF EF EF Medication classes Analgesics EED EED EED EF EF EED Antibiotics EED EED EED EED EF EED EED& Anticonvulsants EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Antihypertensive agents EED EED EED EF EF EED Antipyretics EED EED EED EED EF EED EED& PALS and ACLS medications EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Chelating agents for heavy metal poisonings EF EF EF Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents EED EED EED EED EED EED EED& Rapid sequence intubation medications EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EED EPI EED& Sedatives and antianxiety medications EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EF EF EPI Miscellaneous EED& Resuscitation board EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Infant and child scale (measure in kg only) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI EED& Heating source (for infant warming) EED&EPI EED&EPI EED EED EED EPI Pediatric restraint equipment EED EED EED EED EED EED& Portable radiography EED&EF EED&EF EF EF EPI Slit Lamp EF EF EF EF EF Infant incubators EF EF EF Bilirubin lights EF EF EF Pacemaker capability EF EF EF EF Thermal control for patient and/or resuscitation EED EED EED EED EED room Part 3/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL General 3. FACILITIES CRPC General Primary Basic PTC w/ PICU Emergency Department Two or more areas with capacity and equipment to resuscitate medical/surgical/trauma pediatric E E patients One or more areas as above E E Access to helicopter landing site E E E E E E Facility Support Services Pediatric inpatient care E E E E Pediatric intensive care unit E E E Child abuse team E E E E Child life support EF EF EF Operating Room Operating room staff EP EP EP SE EP One PALS certified RN physically present in the E E E E OR for pediatric procedures Operating room, dedicated to the trauma service, with adequate staff in-house and immediately E available 24 hours a day Second operating room available and staffed E E within 30 minutes Thermal control equipment E E E E X-ray capability, including C-arm E E E E Endoscopes, all varieties E E Craniotomy equipment, including ICP monitoring E E equipment Invasive and noninvasive monitoring equipment E E E E Pediatric anesthesia and ventilation equipment E E E E Pediatric airway control equipment E E E E Defibrillator, monitor, including internal and E E E E external paddles Laparotomy tray E E E E A rapid volume infuser for the utilization of E transfusion protocol Thoracotomy tray and chest retractors of E E appropriate size Synthetic grafts of all sizes E E Spinal and neck immobilization equipment E E Fracture table with pediatric capability E E Auto-transfusion with pediatric capability E E Precalulated pediatric drug dosing reference in mg E E E E E E and mL Tracheostomy tubes, neonatal through adolescent E E E E Anesthesia and surgical suite promptly available EP EP EP SE Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Distinct, controlled access unit E E E Proximity to elevators E E E MD on-call room E E E Waiting room and separate family counseling room E E E Patients’ personal effects storage and privacy E E E provision Patient isolation capacity and isolation cart E E E Medication station with drug refrigerator and E E E locked cabinet Precalculated pediatric drug dosing reference in E E E mg and mL Emergency equipment storage E E E Separate clean and soiled utility rooms E E E Nourishment station E E E Separate staff and patient toilets E E E Two oxygen, two vacuum, and > 2 compressed air E E E outlets/bed Computerized lab reporting E E E Easy, rapid access to head of beds and cribs E E E Pressure monitoring capability, with 4 E E E simultaneous pressures Patient isolation capability E E E Recovery Room RNs and other essential personnel on call 24 hrs/ E E E E* E day Staff competent in the post-anesthesia care of the E E E E* E pediatric pt. Airway equipment E E E E* E Pressure monitoring capability E E E E* E Thermal control equipment E E E E* E Blood warmer E E E E* E Resuscitation cart E E E E* E Immediate access to sterile surgical supplies for E E E E* E emergency Pediatric drug dosage chart E E E E E E* If surgery performed on pediatric patients Laboratory Services Hematology E E E E E E Chemistry E E E E E E Microbiology E E E E SE E Microcapabilities E E E E Blood bank E E E SE E Shall have a pediatric transfusion protocol developed collaboratively between the trauma E service and the blood bank (i.e. MTP) Drug levels/toxicology E E SE SE E Blood gases E E E E E Radiology Services Routine services 24 hours per day EF EF EF E E EF Computed tomography scan 24 hours per day EF EF E SE EF Ultrasound 24 hours per day E E E SE E Magnetic Resonance Imaging Availability E E E E Nuclear medicine E SE SE E Fluoroscopy/contrast studies 24 hours per day E E E SE E Angiography 24 hours per day E E E SE E Interventional Radiology Services E Other Pediatric Echocardiography EP EP EP Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization * E E Electroencephalography EP EP EP Access to: Regional poison control center E E E E E E Hemodialysis capability E Rehabilitation medicine E Acute spinal cord injury management capability E Hyperbaric oxygen chamber availability/transfer E E agreement when appropriate Part 4/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL 4. ACCESS, TRIAGE, TRANSFER AND General CRPC General Primary Basic PTC TRANSPORT w/ PICU Support of medical control E E E SE SE E Accept call-ahead ambulance information E E E E E E Transfer agreements for: In-patient pediatric care E E E E E ICU pediatric care E E E E E Major trauma care ES E E E E Burn care ES E E E E ES Hemodialysis and Extracorporeal Life Support ES E E E E Spinal injury care ES E E E E Rehabilitation care ES E E E E Reimplantation, hand & microvascular surgery ES Accept all critically ill patients from lower-level E SE facilities within a region Access to transport services appropriate for E E E E E E pediatrics Provide 24-hour consultation to lower-level E E facilities Consultation agreements with CRPC E E E E E Accepts all critically ill pediatric trauma patients E E from lower level facilities within a region Part 5/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL 5. EDUCATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH, and General CRPC General Primary Basic PTC QUALITY ASSESSMENT and IMPROVEMENT w/ PICU Education and Training Public education, injury prevention E E E SE SE E Assure staff training in resuscitation and E E E E E E stabilization Assist with pre-hospital education E E SE SE SE E CPR certification for PICU nurses and RTs E E E CPR certification for ED nurses and RTs E E E E E E Multidisciplinary resuscitation simulation with E E E E E E physician engagement Ongoing Pediatric CE for RNs and RTs from the E E E PICU Ongoing Pediatric CE for RNs and RTs from the E E E E E E ED Ongoing Pediatric Trauma-related CE for PICU E E and PACU RNs Network educational resources for training all E SE SE E levels of health professionals Research Support state EMSC research efforts and data E E E E E E collection Participate in and/or maintain trauma registry E E E SE SE E Participate in regional pediatric critical care E E education Quality Assessment and Improvement Structured QA/QI program with indicators and E E E E E E periodic review Participate in regional quality review by CRPC E E E E E E and/or local EMS authority Part 6/6 FACILITY DESIGNATION/LEVEL 6. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT and FACILITY General CRPC General Primary Basic PTC COMMITMENT w/ PICU Make available clinical resources for training pre- E SE SE SE E hospital personnel Assure properly trained ED staff E E E E E E Assure availability of all necessary E E E E E E equipment/supplies/protocols/agreements/policies Provide emergency care and stabilization for all E E E E E E pediatric patients Support networking education/training for health E E E E E E care professionals Assure appropriate medical control and input to ED E SE SE SE SE E management and pediatric care Participate in network pediatric emergency care E E E E E E Assure conformity with building and federal codes E E E for PICU Assure availability of interfacility transfer guidelines and interfacility transfer agreements for pediatric E E E E E E patients Assure resources available for data collection E E E E E E Assure availability of: Social services E E E E E Child abuse support services EP EP EP EP E Child life specialists E E E Case Management E E E Chaplain Support E E E Biomedical Technician E E E Nutritionist/Registered Dietician E E E Pharmacist with Pediatric Training E E E Radiology Technician E E E On-line pre-hospital control E SE SE SE SE E Respiratory care EED&EPI EED&EPI EF EF SE E Pediatric Critical Care Committee E E E Pediatric Trauma Committee E E Child development services E E Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 68-11-202, 68-11-209, and 68-11-251. Administrative History: pursuant to Public Chapter 1119 of 2022 effective July 1, 2022. Amendments filed July 10, 2025; effective October 8, 2025.