River Oaks Hospital Named Level III Trauma Center

 

River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, MS, was designated a Level III Trauma Center by the Mississippi State Department of Health in December.   

A Level III Trauma Center is expected to provide initial resuscitation of a trauma patient and immediate operative intervention to control hemorrhage and to assure maximal stabilization prior to referral to a higher level of care. In many instances, patients will remain in the Level III Trauma Center unless the medical needs of the patient require secondary transfer. The decision to transfer a patient rests with the physician attending the trauma patient. All Level III Trauma Centers work collaboratively with other trauma facilities to develop protocols to provide adequate care for trauma patients.
River Oaks Hospital applied for the designation in April of 2010 and was inspected on October 15, 2010.