Level III trauma center
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.