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Philadelphia – Temple University Hospital – Temple Health.Philadelphia – Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia – Einstein Healthcare Network.Lancaster – Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health – Lancaster General Hospital.Johnstown – Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center – Conemaugh Health System.Danville – Geisinger Medical Center/ Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.Allentown – Lehigh Valley Health Network – Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest/ Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital.Hershey Medical Center/ Penn State Health Children’s HospitalĬombined Adult Level 1/Pediatric Level II Trauma Centers Hospital Safety and Quality ImprovementĬombined Adult Level 1 /Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers.Racial Health Equity Learning Action Network.Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition Program.The EMS system assures appropriate patient care management from the time of injury to treatment at a local hospital and/or trauma center and through the rehabilitative phase of care. For more information go to Each trauma center regardless of its level is an integral component of the emergency medical services system. Standards of accreditation for Level IV trauma centers were also approved March 2011. In addition to Adult level I and II trauma centers there are also Pediatric level I and level II Trauma Centers. They do not need neurosurgical resources. Their focus is to stabilize severe trauma in preparation for transport to a higher level trauma center as well as care for patients with moderate trauma. Level III trauma centers are smaller community hospitals which do not require a minimum volume of trauma patients. A level II adult trauma center meets the same high level of care but does not require the research and residency components, and volume requirements are 350 major trauma patients per year. Level I adult trauma centers require trauma research, a surgical residency program, and an annual volume of 600 major patients per year. Trauma Centers are currently accredited at three different levels. They are not intended to replace the traditional hospital and its emergency department for minor injuries. Accredited trauma centers must be continuously prepared to treat the most serious life threatening and disabling injuries. Trauma centers are hospitals with resources immediately available to provide efficient surgical intervention to reduce the likelihood of death or permanent disability to injured patients. It has been reviewing and surveying applicant hospitals since May of 1986. The PTSF is the organization responsible for accrediting trauma centers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) is a non-profit corporation recognized by the Emergency Medical Services Act (Act 1985-45). East Stroudsburg - Pocono Medical Center.
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Philadelphia - The University of Pennsylvania Health System, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.Philadelphia - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.Philadelphia – Temple University Hospital.Philadelphia - Hahnemann University Hospital.
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Philadelphia - Albert Einstein Medical Center.Johnstown - Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.Hershey Medical Center (dual accreditation) Danville – Geisinger Medical Center (dual accreditation).Allentown – Lehigh Valley Hospital (dual accreditation).Three of these hospitals have dual adult and pediatric accreditation. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Effective Octothere are 30 hospitals that are accredited trauma centers in Pennsylvania.
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