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A Level I trauma center provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. Being treated at a Level I trauma center can reduce mortality by 25% compared to a non-trauma center. [19] It has a full range of specialists and equipment available 24 hours a day [20] and admits a minimum required annual volume of severely injured patients.
The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is an established medical score to assess trauma severity. [1] [2] It correlates with mortality, morbidity and hospitalization time after trauma. It is used to define the term major trauma. A major trauma (or polytrauma) is defined as the Injury Severity Score being greater than 15. [2]
The list below shows the hospital name, city and state location, number of beds in the hospital, adult trauma level certification, and pediatric trauma level certification: [1] Hospital City
The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level emergency department triage algorithm, initially developed in 1998 by emergency physicians Richard Wurez and David Eitel. [1] It was previously maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) but is currently maintained by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Five-level ...
Trauma centers have levels ranging from level 1 to level 4, with each level varying in different responsibilities and resources provided: Level 1: facilities that are able to offer complete care to the patients they receive, from initial care to seeing the individual all the way through rehabilitation.
Childhood trauma can be assessed by many different measures, such as the "ACE" test, which stands for "adverse childhood experiences." The No. 1 sign of childhood trauma in adults
Trauma specialists are working to help first responders cope with the mental health strain of battling wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles County. For first responders, trauma could linger ...
Trauma is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide, resulting in five million or 10% of all deaths annually. [80] [81] It is the fifth leading cause of significant disability. [80] About half of trauma deaths are in people aged between 15 and 45 years and trauma is the leading cause of death in this age group. [81]