b'Health & MedicalOVERVIEW OF MEDICAL CAREA Level II pediatric trauma center was opened at Most medical needs are handled by visiting a primarySt. Lukes Childrens Hospital in 2019. This center is health care provider. These include general practicescritical because outcomes for children are about or community health centers where nurses andfour times better when treated in pediatric trauma physicians with a broad base of general knowledgeprograms, which benet from specialized training, about common medical problems help to prevent,expertise, and even the size of equipment used.5diagnose, and treat patients in their communities onTRAUMA CENTERSa day-to-day basis.A trauma center is a hospital equipped and staed When a greater depth of knowledge and expertiseto provide care for patients suering from major is required to treat a problem, the patient may betraumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle referred to a secondary care physician or specialistcollisions, recreation accidents, or gunshot wounds. by the primary care providers. Some examples ofA trauma center may also refer to an emergency specialty medicine are cardiology, radiology, physicaldepartment that cares for victims of major trauma therapy, speech therapy, ophthalmology, and manyand oers specialized services. In the United States, a more. Admission to a hospital is also considered ahospital can receive trauma center status by meeting type of secondary medical care. specic criteria established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and then passing a site review by Tertiary medical care includes such treatments asthe Verication Review Committee.6cardiac surgery, burn treatment, neurosurgery, cancer treatment, and other complex procedures that requireIn Idaho, trauma centers are divided into ve rankings: specialized equipment. Quaternary care is still moreLevel I (Comprehensive trauma care and partnership specialized and can include experimental medicinewith a medical school); Level II (Comprehensive and uncommon surgeries.1 trauma care); Level III (Emergent trauma care with basic OR services); Level IV (Emergent trauma care, SPECIALTY SERVICES typically without basic OR services); and Level VMedical care for specic areas of focus by secondary(Stabilization and transfer of trauma patients). There care or specialists can be provided at specialtyare no Level I trauma centers in Idaho, but there are clinics, hospital departments, or independentfour Level II centers (see Table 1).7physician providers. There are no hospitals in Idaho built around one medical specialty, though the Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls is a physician owned and operated hospital with 22 areas of specialty services.2CHILDRENS HOSPITALSSt. Lukes Childrens Hospital is the only pediatric specialty hospital in Idaho. It is located in Boise and is part of St. Lukes Boise Medical Center. The facility is staed by over 400 nurses and other therapists, along with more than 150 pediatricians and pediatric specialists.3 This facility is part of St. Lukes Health System, which includes eight medical centers and 339 clinics and centers in southern and central Idaho, eastern Oregon, and northern Nevada.4Health and Medical 79'