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Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation provides update on trauma centers

Published on September 3, 2010 at 9:27 AM · No Comments

Effective September 4, 2010 there will be 30 accredited trauma centers in Pennsylvania:

Adult Level I Trauma Centers

  1. Allentown – Lehigh Valley Hospital
  2. Bethlehem - St. Luke's Hospital
  3. Danville – Geisinger Medical Center
  4. Hershey - The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  5. Johnstown - Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
  6. Philadelphia - Albert Einstein Medical Center
  7. Philadelphia - Hahnemann University Hospital
  8. Philadelphia – Temple University Hospital
  9. Philadelphia - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  10. Philadelphia - The University of Pennsylvania Health System, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
  11. Pittsburgh - Allegheny General Hospital
  12. Pittsburgh - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Mercy
  13. Pittsburgh - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Presbyterian

Adult Level II Trauma Centers

  1. Abington - Abington Memorial Hospital
  2. Altoona - Altoona Hospital
  3. Erie - Hamot Medical Center
  4. Lancaster - Lancaster General Hospital
  5. Langhorne - St. Mary Medical Center
  6. Philadelphia - Frankford Hospital, Torresdale Campus
  7. Reading - The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
  8. Sayre - Robert Packer Hospital
  9. Scranton - Community Medical Center
  10. Upland - Crozer-Chester Medical Center
  11. Wilkes Barre – Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
  12. York - York Hospital

Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers

  1. Hershey - The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  2. Philadelphia - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
  3. Philadelphia - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  4. Pittsburgh - The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pediatric  Level II Trauma Centers

  1. Allentown - Lehigh Valley Hospital
  2. Danville - Geisinger Medical Center

Level III Trauma Centers

  1. East Stroudsburg - Pocono Medical Center  
  2. Seneca – UPMC Northwest

The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) is a non-profit corporation recognized by the Emergency Medical Services Act (Act 1985-45).  The PTSF is the organization responsible for accrediting trauma centers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It has been reviewing and surveying applicant hospitals since May of 1986.  

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