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On-Air: The CATRAC Podcast

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Exploring the systems, people, and partnerships behind regional trauma and emergency healthcare in Central Texas. Focused on coordination, transport, education, and performance improvement, this podcast highlights how collaboration across EMS, hospitals, and healthcare partners drives better patient outcomes.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.CATRAC.org

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Episodes

Whole Blood In Central Texas 26.09.2026 35:19

In this episode of The CATRAC Podcast, Douglas Havron talks with Josh Todd, a Division Chief with Austin–Travis County EMS and chair of the regional Whole Blood Workgroup, about bringing prehospital whole blood to more communities across Central Texas. They discuss what it takes to build the program across EMS agencies, blood providers, and hospitals: portable refrigeration, real-time tracking, an...

Prevention Before the Emergency 26.08.2026 23:08

CATRAC Executive Director and CEO Douglas Havron sits down with Rhonda Manor-Coombes, BSN, RN, TCRN, Chair of the Injury Prevention and Education Committee, to explore how collaboration and education can prevent injuries before they happen. They discuss CATRAC’s data-driven safety campaigns, Stop the Bleed and hands-only CPR training, BEFAST stroke awareness, firearm and car-seat safety, and the i...

Building a Better Behavioral Health Response Across Central Texas 28.07.2026 47:45

CATRAC CEO and Executive Director Douglas Havron sits down with Annie Burwell, Mental Health Workgroup Chair and Crisis Response Unit Program Manager for the Round Rock Fire Department, to examine the challenges facing behavioral healthcare across the region. They discuss disaster behavioral health, peer support for first responders, and the fragmented path patients often face when seeking emergen...

Because of a RAC 06.06.2026 31:11

In Episode 2 of On Air with CATRAC, host Mike Verkest sits down with Dinah Welsh, President and CEO of the Texas EMS Trauma and Acute Care Foundation, and Douglas Havron, Executive Director and CEO of CATRAC, to unpack the meaning behind the statewide message: “Because of a RAC.” Together, they discuss how Regional Advisory Councils bring EMS agencies, hospitals, specialty care providers, emergenc...

What Is a RAC? Building the System Behind Emergency Care 19.05.2026 17:56

In the inaugural episode of The CATRAC Podcast , host Mike Verkest sits down with Douglas Havron, Executive Director and CEO of the Capital Area of Texas Regional Advisory Council, to answer a foundational question: what exactly is a RAC, and why does it matter? Douglas breaks down how CATRAC supports emergency healthcare across 11 Central Texas counties by coordinating hospitals, EMS agencies, fi...