Carinda Otte, MSN

Carinda Otte, MSN, RN is a Registered Nurse and Trauma Program Manager at Intermountain Health. Carinda is passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based trauma care across the continuum of injury management. She obtained her Associated in Nursing from the Community College of Denver, and her Master of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. Carinda’s primary research interests focus on improving outcomes across the trauma continuum through data-driven performance improvement, evidence-based practice, and system level collaboration. She is particularly interested in trauma quality improvement initiatives that use registry data and benchmarking tools, such as TQIP, to identify care gaps,
optimize clinical processes, and enhance patient outcomes. Carinda is also interested in trauma resuscitation, multidisciplinary care coordination, and process improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes and optimize resource utilization. Beyond acute care, her interests extend to injury prevention and trauma system development. Carinda was born and raised in Sturgis, SD, and has lived in Colorado since 2022. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenagers. They all enjoy spending time in the mountains, camping and exploring in their OHV.

Carinda Otte - ORCiD

Multiple Trauma, Wounds and Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhage and Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy, Trauma Severity Indices