To ensure the trauma patient is taken to the most appropriate facility for care, in a timely manner.
Statistics show that major trauma is a time critical condition.
A trauma service provides quick stabilization and timely transport to a facility committed and prepared to provide immediate surgical intervention with a trained trauma team. In Benton-Franklin Co. Medical Control would be which ever hospital you are closest to. The Trauma System in this area is unique to the State. We have three hospital that share a Level III Trauma Designation. One Level III, three campuses.