A Level III trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I or a Level IItrauma center. Jump to: navigation, search Emergency medicine is a branch of medicine that is practiced in a hospital emergency department, in the field (in a modified form; see EMS), and other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place. ... Trauma can represent: A serious and often body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb. ... Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. ... A Level II trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I trauma center. ... 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. ...
A Level III trauma center is required to have a certain number of surgeons on call 24 hours a day.
Hospitals are designated as a Level III 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. ...
In the United States a Level I traumacenter provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients.
A Level I traumacenter 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 traumacenter by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years.
LEVEL II As verified by the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, a Level II TraumaCenter is able to initiate definitive care for all injured patients.
The Level II TraumaCenter is committed to trauma prevention and to continuing education of the trauma team members.
A LevelIIITraumaCenter is committed to the continued education of the nursing and allied health personnel or the trauma team.
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