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Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. Trauma can represent: A serious and often body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb. ...


A Level I trauma center is required to have a certain number of surgeons and anesthesiologists on call 24 hours a day, an education program, preventive and outreach programs. A trauma center is a hospital equipped to perform as a casualty receiving station for the emergency medical services by providing the best possible medical care for traumatic injuries on a 24 hour, 7 days per week, 365 days per year basis. ... Surgery Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ... An anesthesiologist (American English), or anaesthetist (British English), is a medical doctor trained to administer anesthesia. ...


Hospitals are designated as a Level I trauma center by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years. The American College of Surgeons, located in Chicago, Illinois is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. ...


Lower levels of trauma care are provide by:

A Level II trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I trauma center. ... A Level III trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I or a Level II trauma center. ...

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ACS List of U.S. Trauma Centers


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Level I Trauma Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (179 words)
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.
Hospitals are designated as a Level I trauma center by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years.
Shands Jacksonville Trauma Center and TraumaOne Aeromedical Service | Welcome (268 words)
Trauma, the disease of injury, is the most common cause of death and disability in people of all ages.
The Trauma Center is staffed by University of Florida surgeons and physicians, as well as nurses, paramedics and support personnel, who have had special training in the care of trauma patients and meet all educational requirements necessary to support a Level I Trauma Center.
The Trauma Center is supported by a high-tech surgical/trauma intensive care unit, step-down unit and post-trauma unit equipped with the latest lifesaving technology.
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