Trauma Network

HCMC has established an extensive trauma network in Minnesota. This network includes hospitals, physician groups and EMS services. The goal is to provide healthcare professionals with resources and educational opportunities to assure that all patients receive state of the art trauma care.

Features of HCMC’s Trauma Network Services

• Physician and Nursing Consultation
  
• Patient follow-up
  
• Trauma Outreach Consultants
  
• Trauma Prevention Program
  
• Trauma Registry
  
• Trauma/Surgical Clinical Coordinators
  
• EMS Education
  
• Trauma Speakers Bureau
  
• Aeromedical Service
  
• Protocol development for EMS/Nursing/Medical personnel
  
• Critical Skills Benchmark Lab
  
• Air-way Benchmark lab
  
• Ambulance Service ride-a-long program (limited)
  
• Case reviews and patient follow-up
  
• Transfer agreements with referring facilities
  
• TraumaBase registry education
  
• EMS equipment retrieval system
  
• Pediatric Brain Injury Program
  
• Hyperbaric Medicine
  
• Level 3 New Born ICU
  
• Nationally Accredited Ambulance Service
  
• Bloodless Surgery
  
• Occupational Medicine
  
• Alternative Medicine
  
• Knapp Rehabilitation Center