#Trauma center levels ohio full#

Hamilton Mayor Pat Moeller said the hospital’s Level 3 Trauma Center is not just important to the city, but to families. This is just one more way Kettering Health Hamilton is the leader in quality care close to home.” “Our team of providers are committed to bringing their best care to Hamilton. “We’re so glad Butler County residents can count on high-quality care close to home, especially in an emergency when minutes matter,” he said. Kettering Health Hamilton President Paul Hoover said this verification from the American College of Surgeons demonstrates the hospital’s “continued commitment to the highest quality of trauma care available only at Kettering Health Hamilton.” In early August, the hospital received preliminary approval and was approved in November. ACS waited three years to review Kettering Health Hamilton’s center. Grote said the hospital started the trauma center verification process in September 2019 and had its pre-verification review then, but the COVID-19 pandemic put that process on hold until this year. Atrium Medical Center in the Warren County part of Middletown is also a Level 3 Trauma Center. There are also transfer agreements with Level 1 or Level 2 trauma centers that provide backup resources for the care of patients with exceptionally severe injuries.Īccording to the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Kettering Health Hamilton is the seventh Level 3 Trauma Center in southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley area, and the second in Butler County ( UC Health West Chester Medical Center is also a Level 3 center).

#Trauma center levels ohio full#

Level 3 trauma centers don’t have the full availability of specialists ― for example, there’s not a neurosurgeon at Kettering Health Hamilton, but there is one within the Kettering Health Network and at nearby University of Cincinnati Medical Center ― but has resources for emergency resuscitation, surgery, and intensive care of most trauma patients.