From: Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers
Level-1 | Level-2 | Level-3 | Level-4 | |
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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 |