Sayre – Guthrie Robert Packer HospitalĢ9. Scranton – Geisinger Community Medical Centerģ0. Upland – Crozer-Chester Medical Centerģ1. Wilkes-Barre – Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Centerģ2. Wilkes-Barre – Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospitalģ3. Wynnewood – Lankenau Medical Center – Mainline Healthģ4. East Stroudsburg – Lehigh Valley Health Network – Poconoģ5. Luke’s University Health Network – Miners Campusģ6. Grove City – Grove City Medical Centerģ7. Hazleton – Lehigh Valley Health Network – Hazletonģ8. McConnellsburg – Fulton County Medical Center, effective November 1, 2018ģ9. Luke’s University Health Network – Quakertown CampusĤ0. The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) is a non-profit corporation recognized by the Emergency Medical Services Act (Act 1985-45). The PTSF is the organization responsible for accrediting trauma centers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Trauma centers are hospitals with resources immediately available to provide optimal care and reduce the likelihood of death or disability to injured patients. Accredited trauma centers must be continuously prepared to treat the most serious life threatening and disabling injuries. They are not intended to replace the traditional hospital and its emergency department for minor injuries. In Pennsylvania, there are four levels of trauma centers. Level I trauma centers provide the highest degree of resources with a full spectrum of specialists and must have trauma research and surgical residency programs. Level II trauma centers require the same high level of care but do not require research and residency programs and the following subspecialists: cardiac surgery, hand surgery, vascular re-implantation, oral/maxillofacial surgery, otorhinolaryngological surgery, neurology, physiatry and psychiatry. Level III trauma centers are smaller community hospitals that do not require neurosurgeons and focus on stabilizing severe trauma patients prior to transport to a higher-level trauma center. They may admit patients with mild and moderate injuries. Level IV trauma centers provide enhanced care to injured patients within the emergency department and focus on stabilization and quick transfer to a higher-level trauma center. They may admit mildly injured patients.Įach trauma center regardless of its level is an integral component of the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
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