Trauma-Surgical Critical Care
Level One Trauma Center at Carilion Clinic in Virginia
Carilion Clinic is proud to have been the first Level I trauma center in Virginia—the highest designation of trauma care—and we have continued to provide comprehensive access to trauma services and specialists since 1983.
In addition to providing acute care at our Trauma I center, Carilion Clinic also participates in statewide emergency preparedness programs. This participation includes these critically important programs:
- Promoting disaster preparedness in southwestern Virginia
- Ensuring a coordinated response for mass casualty incidents
- Earning Carilion Clinic more than $150,000 in supplies & equipment from the Near Southwest Preparedness Alliance to be used in our area
The trauma team at Carilion Clinic is dedicated to serving you with the highest level of trauma and critical care services thanks to our caring and experienced healthcare professionals.
Surgical Critical Care
Carilion Clinic’s board-certified surgeons are specialized in surgical intensive care and are highly experienced in treating critically ill patients. Our healthcare team also includes nurses who have earned their critical care designation (CCRNs), pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, and many other specialists.
This team of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals is specially trained to care for critically ill patients whose conditions are unstable or unpredictable.
Following major operations, injuries, or illness patients are moved to Carilion Clinic’s intensive care unit. Our mission in the ICU is to help patients through life-threatening events and help them recover and return home to a normal life.
Trauma Services
The majority of trauma cases each year result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, firearm injuries and burns.
Our mission at Carilion Clinic is to provide comprehensive trauma care to the community in an effort to reduce injury and violence-related deaths. To this end, we are committed to promoting injury prevention, education and research, while constantly improving our quality of trauma care.
Members of the Trauma team, along with members from LifeGuard, staff the mobile medical unit at the Martinsville races and the annual Dental Mission of Mercy.
A continuum of care
Carilion Clinic’s trauma services team includes key specialists who work together to care for patients with complex injuries—from the time of injury through rehabilitation. This continuum of care is orchestrated by healthcare professionals specializing in:
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics (including hand surgeons and specialists in complex pelvic fractures)
- Radiology
- Head/Neck Surgery
- Pharmacy
- Nutrition
- Wound care specialists
- Speech therapy
- Occupational health
- Physical therapy
- Pain management
- Behavioral medicine
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