St. Luke's Regional Trauma Center Achieves Re-verification as a Level II Trauma Center
Posted on Aug 22, 2018
By St. Luke's, Duluth
St. Luke’s Regional Trauma Center has been re-verified as a Level
II Trauma Center by the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College
of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes St. Luke’s Regional Trauma
Center’s commitment to providing optimal care for injured patients.
“We are very proud of earning this recognition once again,”
St. Luke’s Chief of Trauma Dr. Michael Stellmaker said. “This
distinction is a reflection of the hard work and dedication our team puts
in day in and day out.”
Established by the American College of Surgeons in 1987, the COT’s
Consultation/Verification Program for Hospitals promotes the development
of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital
resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care
to address the needs of all injured patients. This spectrum encompasses
the prehospital phase through the rehabilitation process.
Verified trauma centers must meet the essential criteria that ensure trauma
care capability and institutional performance, as outlined by the American
College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma in its current
Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual.
At St. Luke’s Regional Trauma Center, a team of experts including
physicians, surgeons, nurses, radiologists and anesthesiologists, is always
at the ready. They are equipped to stabilize any patient. They can respond
to a wide array of trauma cases involving interventional radiology, orthopedic
surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, plastic
surgery and more. St. Luke’s Regional Trauma Center also offers
a state-of-the-art hybrid operating room, an intensive care unit and the
da Vinci Surgical System, which lets physicians perform highly intricate
procedures with less post-operative pain, fewer complications, decreased
blood loss and shorter recovery periods.
To learn more visit
www.slhduluth.com/trauma.
BELOW: Dr. Michael Stellmaker, Chief of Trauma, St. Luke's Regional
Trauma Center