lockoutspecialist2 said:
Sole Level 1?????? PVH & Scottsbluff RWMC are building MCR together. That where Air Link comes in. Whats the difference between Trauma 1,2,3 center?
Yes sole level 1 trauma center outside Denver, currently the only Level 1 trauma centers in the state are Swedish, DG and SAC.
Level I Provides the highest level of definitive and comprehensive care for patients with
complex injuries. Emergency physicians, nurses, and surgeons are immediately available to the trauma patient. Level I Trauma Centers are responsible for research, professional and community education, prevention, consultative community outreach services and programs statewide.
Level II Provides definitive care for complex and severe trauma patients. Emergency physicians and nurses are in-house and immediately available to the trauma patient to direct patient care and initiate resuscitation and stabilization. A surgeon is available upon patient arrival in the Emergency Department. A broad range of specialists, comprehensive diagnostic capabilities, and support equipment are available.
Level III Provides initial evaluation and stabilization (surgically if appropriate) to the trauma
patient. Comprehensive medical and surgical inpatient services are available to those patients who can be maintained in a stable or improving condition without specialized care. Emergency physicians and nurses are immediately available, and surgeons within 20 minutes, to assess, resuscitate, stabilize, and initiate transfer as necessary to a higher level Trauma Care Service.
Level IV Provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities and transfer to a higher level of care. May provide surgical and critical care services as defined in the service’s scope of trauma care services. A trauma-trained nurse is immediately available, and physicians are available upon patient arrival in the Emergency Department.
Level V Provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities and transfer to a higher level of care. May provide surgical and critical care services as defined in the service’s scope of trauma care services. A trauma-trained nurse is immediately available, and physicians are available upon patient arrival in the Emergency Department. The facility must have an afterhours trauma response protocol, if not open 24 hours daily.
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