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Table 1 Trauma center levels by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)

From: Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers

 

Level-1

Level-2

Level-3

Level-4

Goal

Total care of every aspect of injury

Definitive care for all injured patients

Prompt assessment, resuscitation, surgery, intensive care and stabilization of injured patients and emergency operations.

Provide ATLS prior to transfer patients to higher level trauma center

Coverage

24 h of all specialties

24 h surgeons, neurosurgery, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine and radiology

24 h emergency medicine

Basic emergency department facilities

Volume

Minimum annual volume of severely injured patients

No minimum annual volume of severely injured patients

No minimum annual volume of severely injured patients

No minimum annual volume of severely injured patients