Minnesota Statewide Trauma System - MDH Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Minnesota Department of Health sent this bulletin at 11/17/2022 02:28 PM CST
Minnesota Statewide Trauma System
Minnesota's trauma system is a network of hospitals and ambulance services organized and coordinated to ensure that seriously injured people are transported to hospitals with the resources to treat their specific injuries. For a seriously injured person, the time between sustaining an injury and receiving definitive care can be an important predictor of survival. Survival diminishes with time, but a trauma system can improve survival through shortened transit times and better trauma care. Promptly matching the patient's needs with a hospital's capabilities is an important role of the trauma system.
Drive times to designated trauma hospitals; MDH Statewide Trauma System, 2022
99% of Minnesotans live within 60 minutes of a trauma hospital.
Ambulance services recognize people with serious injuries and transport them to an appropriate hospital. Hospitals voluntarily participate in the trauma system by attaining designation as a Level 1, 2, 3, or 4 Trauma Hospital. Level 1s have the greatest number of resources; Level 4s have the fewest. The designation level reflects the resource capabilities of the hospital. It is not a ranking of the quality of care provided.
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For more information, please contact health.orhpc@state.mn.us
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