Enhancing the value of the data between the ambulance crew and emergency department staff is critical to that process. Trauma patients may need surgeons standing by, respiratory patients may need ventilators on hand, and crash carts may need to be put into position. Knowing the nature of the illness, the mechanism of injury, the patients’ condition in the ambulance and how they’re trending, is vital to ensuring the appropriate physicians and equipment are on scene and ready. Receiving the designation was contingent upon overhauling their telecommunications technology.ĮMTs and paramedics transporting the patients call in a notification alerting the emergency department staff with the details of a child’s condition. An Arizona Base Hospital is able to give advanced life support medical direction to its incoming EMS crews. But in 2015, they weren’t ready for their communications equipment when they sought to upgrade their state certification to that of a Base Hospital. The staff at Phoenix Children’s Hospital is ready for any trauma or medical emergency around the clock. Of those pediatric patients, 40% have fevers, 29% have difficulty breathing, and the rest have an assortment of trauma, seizures, or congenital emergencies. Children can be brought in from distances as far as an hour away. For more information, visit Arizona’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center certified by the American College of Surgeons, Phoenix Children’s emergency room receives 20-30 ambulances daily, transporting sick and injured children around the clock, 365 days a year. Both facilities are owned and operated by Banner Health, the largest provider of health care services in Arizona. The medical campus is also home to Cardon Children’s Medical Center. News and World Report for high performance in gynecology. Banner Desert is recognized nationally by U.S. The medical center is one of the most comprehensive hospitals in Arizona and serves as a regional referral center in the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix. This network will ensure that emergency responders are better able to get trauma patients to the closest hospital that is best equipped and staffed to care for them.īanner Health now has 12 trauma centers across the Valley and/or state, including two other state-designated Level I centers: Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix and Banner University Medical Center – Tucson.īanner Desert Medical Center is a nonprofit hospital in Mesa, providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services. This milestone marks another major step in Banner Health’s plans to create an integrated trauma network with centers of varying levels at all of its Valley hospitals. “Enhancing our trauma and emergency services enables us to deliver a higher level of care in a more timely manner to the most acutely injured patients, reducing travel time when minutes can mean the difference between life and death.” As a state Level I Trauma Center, Banner Desert will be capable of providing comprehensive trauma care. “As the leading provider of hospital care in the East Valley, Banner Health has recognized the important role we must play in meeting the trauma care needs of the community,” said Laura Robertson, CEO of Banner Desert. The Banner Desert campus, which is also home to Cardon Children’s Medical Center, is expected to add pediatric trauma services later this year, when it will become only the second trauma center in the Valley capable of caring for both injured children and adults. This distinction recognizes Banner Desert’s investments and its commitment in enhancing advanced emergency services 24/7 availability of surgical specialists three more operating rooms a new trauma and neurosurgical ICU and additional specialized equipment and process improvements throughout the facility, designed to facilitate faster and better care for injured patients. Level I status requires the hospital to be prepared at all times with trauma surgeons, surgical specialists, nursing and support services, as well as state-of-the-art equipment to resuscitate, stabilize and support the most critically injured patient. The nonprofit facility will begin operating as a Level I Trauma Center on Tuesday, April 25. Banner Desert expects to see more than 2,200 trauma patients annually. Banner Desert Medical Center has received provisional designation as a State Level I Trauma Center, from the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System, enabling the facility to provide the highest level of trauma care for patients ages 15 and older.
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