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.Patients may also use Car Park L behind the Trauma Building (seen on map to the left). Patients with limited mobility should use Car Park 2/2A and access the Trauma Building via the link corridor on Level 2 Trauma Outpatient Clinics including hands, spines and polytrauma take place on Level 1 of the Trauma Building. InpatientsĬlinics take place in the Trauma Building. The Trauma Service is at the John Radcliffe Hospital. These centres are supported by a number of trauma units, which provide care for all except the most severely injured major trauma patients. Major trauma centres provide specialist teams 24 hours a day seven days a week with emergency access to consultant-delivered care for a wide range of specialist clinical services and expertise. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (approved as prospective major trauma centre).University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.This is achieved through a network of five major trauma centres which are to be based at: NHS South of England's major trauma system has been designed to ensure that seriously injured patients in the region receive world-class specialist care. Patients with less severe injuries, urgent or emergency care needs will continue to be treated by their local A&E, Minor Injuries Unit or GP. For less severe injuries, patients will be taken to the nearest trauma unit. If a patient needs to be stabilised first, he or she will be taken to the nearest trauma unit. They will then be taken by ambulance direct to the nearest Major Trauma Centre if it is safe to do so, and the patient does not need stabilising. Patients with a severe injury will be assessed by ambulance staff at the scene of the incident. John Radcliffe designated a Major Trauma CentreĪmbulance crews will use an agreed protocol to take injured people to the hospital most suited to their needs. The system is made up of five major trauma networks that will each have a Major Trauma Centre for treating the most seriously injured patients, linked in with a number of local trauma units for treating those people with less serious injuries.

In April 2012, arrangements for a regional major trauma system were implemented to ensure people across the south of England receive world-class major trauma care. People who suffer serious injury (which is known as major trauma) need the highest quality specialist care to give them the best chances of survival and recovery. Other surgical and medical specialties are involved depending on the nature of the injuries. plastic surgeons at the West Wing, John Radcliffe, who are important in reconstructive surgery after serious injuries.neurosurgeons at the West Wing, John Radcliffe, for the treatment of patients with head injuries.surgeons at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) for spinal trauma.Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.specialist Radiology and investigative teams.

The care of these patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital is carried out by a dedicated team who provide a 24-hour consultant-delivered service that is unique to Oxford. The Trauma Service provides treatment for patients who have sustained physical injuries (usually of bones) as a result of accidents.

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