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A Level I trauma center provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. Being treated at a Level I trauma center can reduce mortality by 25% compared to a non-trauma center. [17] It has a full range of specialists and equipment available 24 hours a day [18] and admits a minimum required annual volume of severely injured patients.
The list below shows the hospital name, city and state location, number of beds in the hospital, adult trauma level certification, and pediatric trauma level certification: [1] Hospital City
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital also features a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, 1 of 3 in the state. [52] Attached to the children's hospital is the Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital that provides maternal and gynecological care for women.
The standards for Level 1 trauma centers are designated by the Department of State Health Services and verified by the American College of Surgeons. There are 22 in the state.
Nov. 30—Medical Center Hospital has been reverified as a Level III Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee, an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American ...
Methodist Dallas launched the six-story, 248,000-square-foot Charles A. Sammons Trauma and Critical Care Tower in July 2014. The American College of Surgeons classified the hospital as a Level I Trauma Hospital the following year, making it the third Level I Trauma center in Dallas County. [2] [3] [4]
It has been an adult Level I trauma center since August 3, 2017 [1] and an adult Level II trauma center since 1985 and operates the most trafficked emergency department in the county. [2] Highland Hospital is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is also home to the UCSF East Bay Surgery Program.
Level 1 trauma centers have adequate staff on call around the clock to care for even the most complex injuries such as gunshot wounds or car accidents. Smaller, regional hospitals may have ...