#MIEMSS TRAUMA CENTER LEVELS FULL#
#MIEMSS TRAUMA CENTER LEVELS VERIFICATION#

A full designation is for a period not to exceed 5 years. The designation can be either provisional or full.

#MIEMSS TRAUMA CENTER LEVELS VERIFICATION#

Determining that a center is in compliance with the appropriate standards is part of the verification process. Chapter 12 regulations are specific to the perinatal and neonatal centers.Д®ach perinatal center must comply with the perinatal system standards. Д¬OMAR Title 30 Subtitle 08 refers to the regulations that apply to the designation of specialty referral centers. Current regulations are available on the Internet at. We have adopted the MDH Perinatal System Standards as the standards that we use as a part of COMAR. Perinatal Referral Centers are designated as Level III. As members of the review team, we familiarize ourselves with each hospitalвЂ™s application and the designation standards, inspect the hospitalвЂ™s physical plant, interview the team members and management personal and examine the perinatal documents which will include patient care records and protocol manuals.

We have a review team that is comprised of MIEMSS staff, two members of the MDH staff and out of state specialty care physicians. Site visits for all centers were completed in 2003. Hospital designation site visits for Level IV centers were on December 14-15, 2000. MIEMSS began the designation process for the Level IV Perinatal Centers. In 1997, MIEMSS incorporated the Level III, Level III+ and Level IV Perinatal Standards from the Maryland Perinatal System Standards from the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) in to regulations for the purpose of maternal-neonatal transports. MIEMSS will reverify each specialty referral center every 5 years. We verify each hospitalвЂ™s compliance with the specialty care standards and evaluate their appropriateness and capability to provide specialty care services according to the designation standards by reviewing an application that is submitted to MIEMSS and then conducting an on-site review. The role of MIEMSS is to, with the approval of the EMS Board, designate and verify hospitals to be specialty referral centers. Specialty referral centers can receive interfacility transports. Certified Cardiac Catheterization Program by MIEMSS.The EMS Board is the State entity responsible for the evaluation and regulation of all emergency medical services as well as the designation and verification of hospitals to be Perinatal and Neonatal Specialty Referral Centers.Certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine Systems Services.Treats about 1,500 trauma patients each year. Serves as the designated regional trauma center for Montgomery County, one of nine regional trauma centers in Maryland.Certified Total Joint Replacement Program by the Joint Commission.Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.Admissions total more than 14,000 annually. Suburban Hospital is an acute-care, medical-surgical hospital featuring all major services except obstetrics.Adult & PED Emergency Departments, in addition an OBS Unit.Certified Stroke Center with NIH Stroke Team.A separate Pediatric Emergency Center is staffed 24 hours a day by an emergency pediatrician and specially trained pediatric staff. The 26-bed Emergency Department has an annual volume of 47,208 and is classified as a Level II Trauma Center. We treat roughly 1,500 trauma patients each year. On June 30, 2009, Suburban Hospital became a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine.В We serve Montgomery County as the only regional trauma center for the county, and only one of nine trauma centers within Maryland. Suburban Hospital is a 233-bed community-based, not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery County and the surrounding area since 1943. Bethesda Emergency Associates | Clinical Locations

Miemss trauma center levels