Hennepin County Medical Center -- Minnesota's first Level 1 Trauma Center

Hennepin County Medical Center is a Level 1 Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons.  In 1989, we were the first Level 1 Trauma Center to be verified in Minnesota, and remain home to the largest Emergency Department in the state.

Level 1 designation means that Hennepin County Medical Center has trained and capable personnel available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to treat the most critically injured patients. Actively

involved in state-wide and region-wide emergency preparedness, it also means our trauma center has the staff, facilities and equipment necessary to provide specialized care in all types of emergencies. 

Hennepin County Medical Center

Hennepin County Medical Center offers a full

spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services,

including the Stroke Center, Knapp Rehabilitation Center, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center, Burn

Center, and Hyperbaric Chamber.

 

HCMC Emergency Department

As a Level 1 Trauma Center, Hennepin provides

trauma patients with a continuum of exceptional

care from the time they enter the emergency department through their rehabilitation.

Hennepin County Medical Center has an extensive trauma network in Minnesota that includes

hospitals, physician groups and EMS services.  We provide healthcare professionals with resources

and educational opportunities to assure that all patients receive state-of-the-art trauma care.

Our comprehensive trauma network services include:

Physician and Nursing Consultation

  • Patient referral
  • Patient follow-up
  • Quality Improvement follow-up
  • Trauma System development expertise
    • Transfer agreements with referring facilities
  • Protocol development for EMS/Nursing/Medical personnel
  • Patient Case Reviews

Trauma Registry

  • TraumaBase registry education

 

Comprehensive Patient Centered Trauma Care:        

  • Nationally Accredited Ambulance Service
    • EMS equipment retrieval system
    • Ambulance Service ride-a-long program (limited)
    • Medical Resource Control Center

  • Aeromedical Service – Life Link III -1-800-328-1377
    • Ground – Critical Care Transport
    • Helicopter
    • Fixed Wing
    • Helipad
  • Hyperbaric Medicine

  • Operating Room – fully staffed 24/7
    • Surgery Program
    • Bloodless Surgery Program
    • Neurosurgeons
    • Oculomaxillofacial (OMFS) Surgeons
    • Otolaryngologists (ENT) Surgeons
    • Cardiothoracic Surgeons
    • Orthopaedics
    • Urologists
    • Ophthalmologists
    • Burn and Wound Surgeons
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  • Radiology Services
    • Interventional Neurology & special imaging procedures – fully staffed 24/7
    • Teleradiology connections
  • Laboratory Services
    • Laboratory and pathology outreach services
    • Comprehensive blood bank services
  • Surgical Trauma Neuroscience ICU
    • Intensivists
  • Stepdown & Surgical Trauma Floor
    • Hospitalists
  • Accredited Burn Center– 1-800-321-BURN
    • Pediatric & Adult ICU and stepdown Unit
    • Ambulatory Burn & Wound Clinic

  • Pediatric ICU & floor
    • Pediatric Intensivists

  • Level 3 Newborn ICU
  • Orthopaedic Trauma Floor
  • Knapp Rehabilitation Center
    • Recreational Therapy
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Trauma Psychology
    • Neuropsychology
    • Social Workers
  • Clinics
    • Alternative Medicine Clinic
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic
    • ENT Clinic
    • Orthopaedic Clinic
    • Dental and Oral Surgery Clinic
    • Eye Clinic Neurosurgery Clinic
    • Mild to Moderate TBI Clinic
    • Plastic Surgery Clinic
    • Surgery Clinic
    • Urology Clinic
    • Vascular Clinic

Trauma Programs:

Trauma Prevention Program

Trauma Research Programs

  • MMRF
    • Hyperbaric Oxygen Research
    • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Emergency Medicine Research Assistant program

Trauma Outreach Consultants

Trauma & Critical Care Education:

  • EMS Education
  • Trauma Speakers Bureau
  • Critical Skills Benchmark Lab
    • CALS Benchmark Lab
  • Airway Benchmark Skills lab
  • Pediatric Emergency Drug Book Case Studies
  • Emergency Department Orientation Course
  • On-line Web Critical Care Conference – www.hqmeded.com
  • Case Review Education
  • Off-site TNCC/ENPC
  • Gustilo Orthopaedic Learning Center

 

For more information, contact:

Brenda.anderson@hcmed.org

Trauma Program Manager

(612)-873-5847


paula.chambers@hcmed.org
(612) 873-8712

karie.pearce@hcmed.org
(612) 873-3449