St. Mary’s Health is pleased to announce we have been awarded re-verification as a Level II Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. This achievement recognizes St. Mary’s dedication to providing optimal care for critically injured patients of all ages measured against the highest quality standards. The review was conducted by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
St. Mary’s is the only hospital in the region and one of only three hospitals in Indiana to earn separate verification for Adult and Pediatric Trauma, making St. Mary’s the site of two highly-qualified, nationally-verified trauma centers. As the first hospital in the Tri-State to become a Level II Trauma Center for adults in 2005, and the first Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the region in 2009, St. Mary’s continues to be the most comprehensive trauma center south of Indianapolis. St. Mary’s is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.
Established by the American College of Surgeons in 1987, the COT’s Consultation/Verification Program for Hospitals promotes the development of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients. This spectrum encompasses the pre-hospital phase through the rehabilitation process.
