Getting Started – TSN 2025

TSN Implementation Guidebook

A complete guide to implement the TSN at your site. This is a “must read” for new TSN programs.

Download the TSN Implementation Guidebook

Job Descriptions

Use these examples to add language to existing job descriptions or to create new job descriptions to TSN coordinators and other TSN staff

Goal Planning and Reporting

Below are examples from TSN programs on how they planned their implementation and reported out to their trauma teams.

Trauma survivor’s network updates_Albany (2025)
3 Year Integration Plan_Thedacare (2025)

Customizing your Webpage

Your webpage is the first introduction to your TSN program for any community members who find you on the TSN website. Be sure to keep it accurate and updated.

Video on How to Customize your Webpage

Building your Handbook

The TSN handbook provides patients and families with practical information about your site and what to expect during their stay. Consider it the orientation guide for patients and families who may have no knowledge of trauma or rehabilitation hospitals.

Some TSN programs have chosen to turn their handbook into a digital resource or build it into existing hospital education. The final product is up to you and what will benefit your patients and families. Remember, this resource is for patients and families and should be designed to be accessible and beneficial for them.

Adult Handbook Templates

Adult Patient & Family Handbook PDF
Handbook for Trauma Patients and their Families- Word Document
Adult Patient & Family Handbook Cover

Pediatric Handbook Templates

Pediatric Patient and Family Handbook
Pediatric Handbook Word Document 2018
Pediatric Patient and Family Handbook Cover

Samples of Customize Adult Handbooks

Shared by Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Shared by Denver Health

Shared by Riverside Methodist Hospital

Shared by Stormont Vail Health (2025)

Samples of Customize Pediatric Handbooks

Shared by Primary Children’s Hospital

Shared by Prisma Children’s Hospital