Level III trauma center

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

In the United States a Level III trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I or a Level II trauma center.

A Level III trauma center is required to have a certain number of surgeons on call 24 hours a day.

Hospitals are designated as a Level III trauma center by the American College of Surgeons for a period of three years.

External links

• ACS List of U.S. Trauma Centers

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