II. Type: Level I Trauma Center
- Comprehensive regional resource of tertiary Trauma care
- Provides total care for every injury aspect (including prevention and rehabilitation)
- Manages all injury levels regardless of severity (meets an annual minimum of severely injured patients)
- All specialties and services are emergently available (including 24-hour in-house general surgery)
III. Type: Level II Trauma Center
- Initiates definitive care for all injured patients
- Manages most injury levels
- Transfer to Level I Trauma Center for certain tertiary level services (e.g. cardiac surgery, microvascular surgery)
- Most specialties and services are emergently available (including 24-hour in-house general surgery)
IV. Type: Level III Trauma Center
- Provides prompt assessment, Resuscitation, Intensive Care, stabilization and emergent surgical intervention of injured patients
- Emergency care is always immediately available with prompt general surgery and Anesthesia response
- Transfers Trauma patients needing higher level care to Level I or Level II Trauma Centers
V. Type: Level IV Trauma Center
VI. Type: Level V Trauma Center
VII. Resources
- American Trauma Society - Trauma Center Classification
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| Definition (MSH) | Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients. |
| Concepts | Health Care Related Organization (T093) , Manufactured Object (T073) |
| MSH | D014193 |
| SnomedCT | 36125001 |
| English | Center, Trauma, Centers, Trauma, Trauma Center, Trauma Centers, trauma centers, center trauma, centers trauma, trauma center, Trauma centers, Trauma center, Trauma center (environment), Trauma centre |
| Swedish | Traumacentra |
| Czech | traumatologická centra |
| Finnish | Traumakeskukset |
| Russian | TRAVMATOLOGICHESKIE TSENTRY, TRAVMATOLOGICHESKIE OTDELENIIA BOL'NICHNYE, ТРАВМАТОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЯ БОЛЬНИЧНЫЕ, ТРАВМАТОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ЦЕНТРЫ |
| French | Centres de traumatologie |
| Polish | Oddział urazowy |
| Norwegian | Traumasentre, Traumasentra |
| Spanish | centro de trauma (entorno ambiental), centro de traumatolgía (centro de atención médica) (medio ambiente), centro de traumatolgía (medio ambiente), centro de traumatolgía, Centros Traumatológicos |
| German | Unfallzentren |
| Italian | Centri traumatologici |
| Dutch | Traumacentra, Traumacentrum |
| Portuguese | Centros de Traumatologia |
