麻豆果冻传媒

For release: August 9, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif. 鈥� Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford jointly have been reverified as a Level I pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)鈥攖he highest possible ranking for trauma centers. The Level I verification recognizes hospitals鈥� commitment to providing the highest-quality trauma care for all injured patients.

Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford, the center of 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, is one of only six Level I聽pediatric trauma centers聽verified by the ACS in California. Pediatric trauma patients come from as far north as the Oregon border and as far south as Bakersfield. Stanford Health Care has been recognized as a Level I trauma center since 1998. Collectively, the two hospitals see more than 3,700 trauma patients per year.

鈥淎t Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford, we are dedicated to caring for our most critically injured children and teens,鈥� said聽Stephanie Chao, MD, pediatric trauma medical director at 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health. 鈥淥ur unparalleled specialty care, which allows us to quickly and safely deliver the best possible treatment, and our collaboration with Stanford Health Care鈥檚 emergency department enable us to meet the unique needs of patients and their families. We are honored that the reverification recognizes our ongoing commitment to family-centered and round-the-clock care.鈥�

To be verified as a Level I trauma center, a hospital must provide a full spectrum of care to handle the most serious trauma injuries.

At 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, that includes:

• Coordinated response from all necessary specialty medical staff.
• 24-hour availability of pediatric-trained trauma surgeons and emergency medicine doctors.
• Operating rooms that are equipped and ready at all times.
• Neurosurgical and neurological care聽for severely injured patients.
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit聽for the special needs of children with serious illness or injury.
• 滨苍-丑辞蝉辫颈迟补濒听anesthesiologists.
• Rigorous performance improvement patient safety process.
• Benchmarking data collection.
• Evidence-based protocols and standards of care.
• Dedicated research.
• Community outreach and first responder education.

In the site report from the ACS, surveyors praised the comprehensive trauma program for clinical and research excellence, including its partnership with the community through the injury-prevention program to address health care inequities.

Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford offers innovative surgical technology, which leads to more successful surgeries and less time under anesthesia. The pediatric trauma team also performs complex procedures that are not available at many other centers, including replantation of hands, fingers, and toes, and complex plastic reconstruction.

鈥淭he joint Level I verification between Stanford Health Care and Packard Children鈥檚 provides a unique advantage to patients,鈥� Dr. Chao adds. 鈥淔or instance, 麻豆果冻传媒 is a leader in endovascular surgery, which is an innovative, less invasive procedure that can be used to treat critical injuries to major arteries of the body. Our pediatric trauma center is unique in offering this to our young patients. Because adult and pediatric services are offered side by side, surgeons have the capability to bring pediatric and adult specialists across specialties together to provide innovative, quality care at the moment when children need it the most.鈥�

The ACS is a scientific and educational association of surgeons founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical education and practice and to improve the care of surgical patients. The College has more than 72,000 members and is the largest association of surgeons in the world.

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