UMHS Trauma Burn Center receives Level verification

The Trauma Burn Center, part of the U-M Health System, has been re-verified as a Level 1 trauma and verified burn center by the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Burn Association (ABA).

Established by ACS in 1987, the COT's Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals promotes the development of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma and burn care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients. This encompasses the pre-hospital phases through the rehabilitation process.

Verified trauma and burn centers must meet criteria to ensure trauma and systematic burn care capability and institutional performance, as outlined by the COT's Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient (ROCIP) and the ABA's Guidelines for the Operation of Burn Centers manual.

The COT verification program does not designate trauma centers. Rather, the program provides a confirmation that a trauma center has demonstrated its commitment to providing the highest quality trauma care for all injured patients. The actual establishment and designation of trauma centers is the function of local, regional or state health care systems agencies, such as the local emergency medical services authority.

There are four separate categories of verification in the COT's program. Each category has specific criteria that must be met by a facility seeking that level of verification. The hospital has an on-site review by a team of experience trauma surgeons, who use the current ROCIP manual as a guideline in conducting the survey.

A Level 1 Trauma Center, such as the U-M Trauma Burn Center, is a comprehensive regional resource that is a tertiary care facility central to the trauma system. Key elements include 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons and prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine and critical care.

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