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Trauma in children, also known as pediatric trauma, refers to a traumatic injury that happens to an infant, child or adolescent. Because of anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults the care and management of this population differs.
The hospital also sometimes treats adults who require pediatric care. [3] [4] Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt also features an American College of Surgeons level I pediatric trauma center for critically ill pediatric trauma patients. [5] The hospital is attached to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Vanderbilt University Hospital.
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is an ACS verified Level 1 regional pediatric trauma center, 1 of 7 in the state. [6] [7] In November 2018, Paul King was appointed president and chief executive officer. [8] [9] [10] King succeeds Christopher Dawes, who retired from the position in August 2018. [11]
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital also features a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center. [3] In 2011, All Children's Hospital became the first center outside the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area to integrate with the Johns Hopkins Health System. [7] In 2016, it officially took the name Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. [8]
Dell Children's Medical Center is the successor of the Children's Hospital of Austin (CHOA), a facility operated since 1988 within the University Medical Center Brackenridge campus until the opening of the present building in 2007, [10] when the Austin area obtained its first freestanding children's hospital building. [11]
The Tufts Children's Hospital is the home of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute and is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center (the oldest pediatric trauma center in the country). [23] The hospital has been verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I trauma center since 2012, [ 23 ] one of 5 Boston adult trauma centers.
The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–17 throughout eastern Virginia. [2] [3] CHOR also has a helipad to transport critically ill pediatric patients. Children's Hospital of Richmond features the only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center in the region and ...