On Mercy trauma center is keeping patients in town

Posted on June 23 at 2:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

A level III trauma center ( regardless of what level you "function" at) is not as well equipped and staffed to handle trauma as a Level I. Period. To argue otherwise is absolute insanity.

Regardless of convience to families - serious traumas are best cared for at Level I centers. That is why Level I trauma centers exist

On Mercy trauma center is keeping patients in town

Posted on June 23 at 2:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

" Helicopters OFTEN bring patients to Mercy"? This is incredibly misleading

I am very familiar with the area helicopter EMS and can tell you matter of factly that this is not a common occurrence. I would be surprised if it happened once a month MAX. And these are transfers from Mercys Walworth ED.

Trauma and other serious patients continue to be routinely ( 4-5 a month) transfered TO UW by helicopter

On Mercy trauma center is keeping patients in town

Posted on June 22 at 8:08 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Most any medium sized community hospital in WI can get a WI level III trauma designation with little effort. To get a Level II designation requires certification by the American College of Surgeons. Claiming to "operate as a level II" does not mean thet they are in any way certified as a level II by the state of WI or the ACS.

If they met all the criteria and were able to truly "operate as a level II" - they would be certified as a level II trauma center by now.