National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB) Established

The Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) committed significant resources to establish the National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB).

Original National Trauma Data Bank® Elements Defined

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) convened a consensus conference with the ATS, HRSA, NHTSA, CDC, and representatives from all trauma registry programs to define the NTDB data elements

First Call for NTDB Data

Database Analysis

First National Trauma Data Bank® Annual Report Released

Rapid Growth of the National Trauma Data Bank®

Expanded Web Presence

One Million Record Mark

The National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB) reaches the 1 million record mark and begins a project on data element standardization.

National Sample Project

The National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) collaborate on the National Sample Project

New Data Dictionary Released

The National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB) releases the National Trauma Data Standard (formerly National Trauma Registry) data dictionary, developed in collaboration with HRSA, state trauma managers, trauma registry vendors, and other stakeholders in the trauma community.