per http://www.ptsf.org/our-trauma-centers/whats-trauma
Level I trauma centers provide multidisciplinary treatment and specialized resources for trauma patients and require trauma research, a surgical residency program and an annual volume of 600 major trauma patients per year. Level II trauma centers provide similar experienced medical services and resources but do not require the research and residency components. Volume requirements are 350 major trauma patients per year. Level III trauma centers are smaller community hospitals that have services to care for patients with moderate injuries and the ability to stabilize the severe trauma patient in preparation for transport to a higher level trauma center. Level III trauma centers do not require neurosurgical resources. Level IV trauma centers are able to provide initial care and stabiliztion of traumatic injury while arranging transfer to a higher level of trauma care. Level I and II trauma centers can also be categorized as either Adult Trauma Centers or Pediatric Trauma Centers. =================================== this is enlightening - Level 2 does not require research and training components - Level 3 does not require a neurosurgeon Maybe that explains why Lahey and South Shore near Boston are Level 2 - they must have a neurosurgeon available 24/7 I wonder if any of the trauma centers share a on call neurosurgeon? it would only take 30 minutes for a neurosurgeon to drive from South Shore Hospital to 7 or 8 other trauma centers in the area. And a Lahey neurosurgeon could drive to Level 3 trauma centers in Beverly, Lawrence, Lowell, and ?Newburyport within 30 minutes. (which would allow you to bump up 3 centers from Level 3 to Level 2 - all for the same price) kinda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
