Level I Trauma Center (2024)

FAQs

What is a Level 1 trauma? ›

Level 1 Trauma Centers provide the highest level of trauma care to critically ill or injured patients. Seriously injured patients have an increased survival rate of 25% in comparison to those not treated at a Level 1 center.

Level I and II Trauma Centers have similar personnel, services, and resource requirements with the greatest difference being that Level Is are research and teaching facilities. Level I & II Pediatric: Level I and II Pediatric Trauma Centers focus specifically on pediatric trauma patients.

A Level I trauma center can provide the highest level of care for a patient presenting after a traumatic injury. A Level IV or V trauma center will stabilize an injured patient and arrange for transfer to a higher level of care. This designation is unique for adult and pediatric facilities.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave, New Jersey's three state-designated Level 1 trauma centers played a critical role, tracking and redistributing everything from masks to support staff to lifesaving ventilators.

Trauma centers designated as level I may have significantly different results when treating patients with similar injuries, according to a new report. The average survival rate was 99 percent for patients with mild injuries, 75 percent for those with moderate injuries and 35 percent for those with severe injuries.

Trauma centers vary in their specific capabilities and are identified by "Level" designation, Level I (Level-1) being the highest and Level III (Level-3) being the lowest (some states have four or five designated levels).

Level III (Lowest Designation Level for Trauma Service)

Provides back-up care for rural and community hospitals. Offers continued education of the nursing and allied health personnel or the trauma team. Involved with prevention efforts and must have an active outreach program for its referring communities.

Patients with the most serious injuries are designated a level 1 trauma, indicating a need for a larger trauma team and faster response time. The determination of trauma code criteria varies between hospitals and is based on elements such as physiologic data, types of injury, and mechanism of injury.

What is Level 1 patient care? ›

Level 1 critical care – patients at risk of their condition deteriorating or those recently relocated from higher levels of care, whose needs can be met on an acute ward with additional advice and support from the critical care team.

The U.S. hospital with the most emergency department visits in 2022 was Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, followed by Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida.

The Level I Trauma Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a leader in providing life-saving trauma care to New Jersey residents.

The trauma centers at Hackensack University Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center have been verified as Level 1 Trauma Centers by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

There are nearly 2,000 trauma centers in the United States: 213 Level I, 313 Level II, 470 Level III, and 916 Level IV or V centers.

The first stage of dealing with and overcoming trauma-related problems is about: • Getting a 'road map' of the healing process. • Establishing safety and stability in one's body, one's relationships, and the rest of. one's life.

Examples of Type 1 traumatic events can include: Violent or sexual assault. Life-threatening illness or serious injury. The traumatic loss of a loved one or someone close to you.

Type 1 trauma is single traumatic events that are usually life threatening (e.g. motor vehicle accident), whereas type 2 trauma occurs over an extended period of time (e.g. domestic violence).