A hospital-based facility for the treatment of trauma. Trauma centers are specialized facilities designed to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to people who have sustained a severe injury, or trauma.
A center for the emergency and specialized care of patients who are injured. A trauma center may also be used for patients who are critically ill. It may be within a hospital, where it may be called either a “trauma center” or a “trauma unit”, or it may be free-standing.
A regional hospital capable of providing care for critically injured patients. Available on a 24-hr basis are a surgical team, operating suite, surgical subspecialties, intensive care unit, and specialized nursing team.