Also called: Trauma Data Abstractor
Reads the charts of badly injured patients and codes every detail into a trauma registry that hospitals use to improve care.
Opens the chart of a teenager hurt in a car crash: when the ambulance arrived, which scans were done, how long until surgery. You code each injury with special scoring systems and submit the data to state and national registries. Surgeons use your numbers to find where delays happen.
Estimate; many registrars work remotely.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Often a coder, nurse, EMT or health information graduate; CSTR certification after experience.
Ways in: 2-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Health Information Management, Medical Coding, Nursing.
Growing about average. Every verified trauma center must keep a registry.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI chart abstraction will automate much of the coding, leaving fewer registrars to check and validate data.
Classes: Biology, Anatomy, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-9021.
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