TRAUMA TEAM HOW TO

TRAUMA TEAM HOW TO

The actions of those nearby can make all the difference immediately following a major injury.Īs part of a national campaign, University Health offers free Stop the Bleed classes so you’ll know how to help keep someone alive before EMS arrives on the scene. Someone bleeding from a life-threatening event can die from blood loss within five minutes. Save a Life – Stop the Bleedīecause we never know when a trauma will strike, we want to give our patients every opportunity to have the best chance at survival and a full recovery. University Hospital is one of only five Level I pediatric trauma centers in Texas. There are currently 18 Level I trauma centers in all of Texas. Our providers conduct research aimed at finding new and better treatments, and educate the next generation of trauma specialists. To earn Level I trauma designation, University Hospital has demonstrated an expertise and commitment to treating and preventing injuries. The trauma team usually comprises a multidisciplinary group of individuals drawn from the specialties of anaesthesia, emergency medicine, surgery, nursing and support staff, each of whom provide simultaneous inputs into the assessment and management of the trauma patient, their actions being coordinated by a team leader. Our physicians, surgeons and nurses are in-house all day, every day, saving the lives of our friends and neighbors across the 22-county region. Committed to Injury Care and Injury PreventionĪt University Hospital, our mission is to treat serious injury in our facilities and prevent injury in our community. University Hospital is the only hospital in San Antonio and South Texas verified by the American College of Surgeons as both a Level I trauma center and a Level I pediatric trauma center.įrom car crashes to severe burns, we have specialists in every trauma-related field ready to treat seriously injured children and adults every day 24/7.

Trauma team