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Vanderbilt University
Hospital is the only Level I
Trauma Center in Middle Tennessee and
meets or exceeds all the criteria set
forth by the American College of
Surgeons for such designation.
Providing trauma care for 65,000
square miles, the Division of Trauma at
Vanderbilt University
Hospital handles close to
3,000 acute trauma admissions annually.
Essential for the quality of trauma
care provided by Vanderbilt
University Hospital are its
facilities. These include a 20-bed burn
unit, a 31 bed integrated Acute and Sub
Acute care unit, which contains a 14
bed ICU, a 7 bed Acute Admission Area
and a 10 bed Sub-Acute unit, and
LifeFlight, an active air medical
transport program. The Trauma Units'
unique geography allows close
integration and management of patient
progress from admission to discharge.
LifeFlight provides rapid access to the
tertiary care facilities of the Trauma
Center for all patients within a
140-mile radius of Nashville. With over
a decade of active service, the
LifeFlight helicopters make over 2000
flights annually. LifeFlight and
the
Stallworth Rehabilitation Center
(Click here to learn more)
allow patients to remain within the
Vanderbilt system from
the time of injury until their return
to work. The trauma program at
Vanderbilt is unique in that surgical
residents gain exposure to the problems
of both urban and rural trauma care.
This comprehensive approach to trauma
care and surgical critical care
provides powerful research and
educational opportunities for residents
interested in a career in trauma
surgery or surgical critical care.
In addition to the active clinical
program, the division supports injury
prevention, ongoing research
opportunities, and continuing medical
education programs for Advanced Trauma
Life Support and Pediatric Advanced
Life Support.
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