Untitled Document Parkland Memorial Hospital is verified as a level I trauma center by the American College of Surgeons and designated by the State of Texas to provide emergency care to injured patients from north Texas and surrounding adjacent states. Annually, the Parkland trauma services admit between 4,000-5,000 injured patients. Attending trauma surgeons staff the facility 24 hours a day providing continuous care to those patients. In addition to surgical staff, an in house team of surgical and emergency department residents, radiologists, nurse case managers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, physical therapists, and other personnel work diligently to provide quality care one patient at a time.
Trauma teams are responsible for patient care from resuscitation through rehabilitation.
The Parkland trauma unit is located in the emergency department of Parkland Memorial Hospital. The trauma resuscitation area consists of six dedicated trauma resuscitation units with state of the art monitoring capabilities. Page maintained by Biomedical Arts Services . Last update March 29, 2000. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas .