What's a Level 4 Trauma Center? Join Harry Weis, President and CEO of Tahoe Forest Health System, as he explains what the Level 4 Trauma Center designation means for Emergency Rooms in the Health System.
Tahoe Forest Hospital offers the highest Level 4 standard of care for trauma patients recognized by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The ACS is a trauma verifying agency that provides guidelines as an advisement to improve trauma care.
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As a Level 4 Trauma Center, Tahoe Forest Hospital is capable of providing 24‐hour physician coverage and advanced trauma life support (ATLS), including resuscitation and stabilization, to injured patients before they are transferred to a higher level trauma center. Tahoe Forest Hospital has incorporated an ongoing performance improvement program that reviews care of 100% of trauma patients seen from pre‐hospital until discharge. High volumes of trauma patients are cared for in the Tahoe Forest Hospital Emergency Department yearly.