CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic announced plans Thursday to establish a Level I trauma center at its main campus in Cleveland, a shake-up that could have ripple effects across Northeast Ohio’s ...
Level 1 trauma centers must have access to pediatric trauma surgeons, specialized pediatric equipment and year-round, 24-hour pediatric intensive care units.
Anna Beth Julius was on her way to work in Springdale on Halloween of 2017 when a deer jumped into her car windshield, knocking her unconscious. When she woke up, she was in Springfield, Mo. She found ...
UAB Hospital has been reverified as a Level I adult trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and remains the only ACS-Level I adult trauma center in the state ...
This is a big improvement from recent statistics when Oklahoma was among the lowest ranked states for the number of Level One Trauma Centers per capita. “It is a wonderful thing for us to have a ...
TULSA, Okla. — The Saint Francis Hospital Level One Trauma Center showed off how it handles medical emergencies on Tuesday by doing a full-scale trauma drill with robotic, simulated patients. That ...
Tucson's only level-one trauma center — at University Medical Center — is losing three of its trauma surgeons, including its chief, Dr. John Porter. It was Porter who guided the city's trauma system ...
Over the past year, several hospitals have earned new trauma center designations, expanding access to emergency care in their communities. At the same time, others have chosen to downgrade or close ...