b"Professional Development Committee TheChairoftheProfessionalDevelopmentCommittee,CathyGlenn,workeddiligentlywithallclinical committees to bring relevant and meaningful classes to NCTTRAC.These course included Emotional Trauma Life Support (ETLS), Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), Trauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement Course(TOPIC),StayActiveforIndependentLiving(SAIL),andImprovingCollaborationinCardiacCare conference.All courses were fully attended and well received by the members.Public Education and Injury Prevention Committee ThePublicEducationandInjuryPrevention(PEIP) Committeesurveyedmembersonsafedriving program initiatives available within the region.The surveyidentifiedthataccesstomatureDriving ProgramswasmuchneededresultinginthePEIP CommitteehostingaCarFiteducationclassat NCTTRACOffices(seeCarFitattendeespictured right). ThePEIPCommitteealsocollecteddatafrom NCTTRACsthird-partyregistry,AnalyticSolutions Network (ASN), to compare Motor vehicle crash data from 20172018 and is currently working on an infographic to highlight this information. MVCs in TSAE for 2017 MVCs in TSAE for 2018N= 6,124 N=7,2451750 20001500 All MVC'sDeaths 1750 All MVC'sDeaths15001250 1250 All MVC'sCount1000 All MVC'sCount 1000750 750500 500250 Participating2500 Hospitals: 27 0 Participating Hospitals: 30The PEIP Committee combined efforts with the Stop the Bleed Work Group to track Stop the Bleed training in the region.With the passing of House Bill 496 (HB 496), requiring school districts to develop a traumatic injury response protocol and train students and staff on response activities and use of bleeding control stations, the PEIP Committee is committed to assisting school districts in meeting this mandate.PEIP Committee members are working with school district leadership to help ensure they have the appropriate tools, resources and information necessary to comply with HB 496.11"