Level I trauma center
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In the United States, a Level I trauma center provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients.
A Level I trauma center is required to have a certain number of surgeons and anesthesiologists on duty 24 hours a day at the hospital, an education program, preventive and outreach programs. Key elements include 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons and prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine and critical care.
Hospitals are designated as a Level I trauma center by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years.
Lower levels of trauma care are provided by:
[edit] External links
- ACS List of U.S. Trauma Centers
- Pennsylvania Trauma Foundation list of Level I and Level II Trauma Centers (separate from ACS rankings)
- Florida Trauma Centers
Procedures: First aid, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Basic life support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Trauma centers: Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV
Equipment: ambulance, bag valve mask, chest tube, defibrillation (AED, ICD), electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), intubation, intravenous therapy (IV)
People: certified first responder, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic, emergency physician
Drugs: atropine, epinephrine
Other: golden hour, emergency department, emergency medical services, triage
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