TRAUMA CENTER LEVELS ACS LICENSE

Resuscitation and stabilization may involve surgical intervention. Level IV trauma center is to provide resuscitation and stabilization of the severely injured adult or pediatric patient prior to transferring the patient to a higher level trauma system hospital. Level III trauma centers also provide community education, outreach, and injury prevention programs A board certified general surgeon trained in ATLS is on-call and available to the patient. An in-house multidisciplinary trauma resuscitation team is immediately available upon arrival of the patient to the emergency department. Critically injured patients who require specialty care are transferred to a higher level trauma system hospital in accordance with criteria established in the Area Trauma Plan. A Level III trauma center provides comprehensive inpatient services to those patients who can be maintained in a stable or improving condition without specialized care. Level III trauma center is to provide initial evaluation and stabilization, including surgical intervention, of the severely injured adult or pediatric patient. Level II trauma centers serve as regional resource centers for definitive care, quality assurance, community education, outreach, and injury prevention. There is a broad range of specialists available for consultation or care, and comprehensive diagnostic capabilities and supportive equipment are available. A neurosurgeon is on-call and promptly available. A board certified general surgeon and anesthesiologist are on-call and available to the patient. Physicians who are ATLS trained and experienced in caring for traumatically injured patients, nurses, and ancillary staff are in-house and immediately available to initiate resuscitative measures. The services available at a Level II trauma facility and the resource requirements are similar to those at a Level I trauma center. Level II trauma center is to provide definitive care for severely injured adult and pediatric patients with complex trauma. In addition to direct patient care, Level I trauma centers are responsible for resident training, research, regional quality improvement, community education, outreach, and injury prevention. A broad range of sub-specialists are on-call and promptly available to provide consultation or care. A neurosurgeon is on-call and promptly available to the patient. An emergency physician, general surgeon, anesthesiologist, and nursing and ancillary personnel who can initiate immediate surgery are in-house and available to the patient upon arrival to the emergency department. Highly specialized care for pediatric trauma, burns, spinal cord injury, eye injury, limb reimplantation, and other clinical problems is available at the Level I center. A Level I facility is the regional resource trauma center in the system and has the capability of providing total patient care for every aspect of injury from prevention through rehabilitation. Level I trauma center is to provide the highest level of definitive, comprehensive care for the severely injured adult and pediatric patient with complex, multi-system trauma. Oregon ATAB Regions Map Oregon ATAB Regions Map Oregon has adopted, with few modifications, the American College of Surgeons' 'Optimal Standards of Care of the Trauma Patient' as the IV, with Level I and II centers offering the highest level of care. Trauma facilities are designated or categorized as Level Trauma hospitals are distinguished from other facilities in that they guarantee the immediate availability of surgeons, anesthesiologists, physician specialists, nurses, ancillary services, and resuscitation life-support equipment on a 24-hour-a-day basis, dedicated to the care of trauma patients.

TRAUMA CENTER LEVELS ACS LICENSE

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