CAMP HILL, Pa., Sept. 19, 2022 - Effective November 1, 2022, one new hospital has been approved for Level IV Trauma Center Accreditation in Pennsylvania:

Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hecktown Oaks, Easton, PA

Effective November 1, 2022, there will be 50 accredited trauma centers in Pennsylvania.

Combined Adult Level I/Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers

Hershey — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State Health Children's Hospital

Combined Adult Level I/Pediatric Level II Trauma Centers

Allentown — Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest/Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital

Danville — Geisinger Medical Center/Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital

Adult Level I Trauma Centers

Bethlehem — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem

Johnstown — Conemaugh Health System — Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

Lancaster — Penn Medicine — Lancaster General Health

Philadelphia — Einstein Healthcare Network — Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Philadelphia — Temple Health — Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia — Jefferson Health — Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia — Penn Medicine — Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Pittsburgh — Allegheny Health Network — AHN Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Mercy

Pittsburgh — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Presbyterian

West Reading — Tower Health — Reading Hospital

Wilkes-Barre — Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

York — WellSpan Health – York Hospital

Pediatric Level I Trauma Centers

Philadelphia — Tower Health — St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Philadelphia — Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pittsburgh — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Adult Level II Trauma Centers

Monroeville — Allegheny Health Network — AHN Forbes Hospital

Abington — Jefferson Health — Jefferson Abington Hospital

Altoona — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Altoona

Bethlehem — Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg

Camp Hill — Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

Easton — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus

Erie — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Hamot

Langhorne — Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic — St. Mary Medical Center

Paoli — Main Line Health — Paoli Hospital

Philadelphia — Jefferson Health — Jefferson Torresdale Hospital

Sayre — Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

Scranton — Geisinger Community Medical Center

Sellersville — Grand View Health — Grand View Health

Upland — Crozer Health — Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Williamsport — University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — UPMC Williamsport

Wynnewood — Main Line Health — Lankenau Medical Center

Level III Trauma Centers

East Stroudsburg — Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono

Level IV Trauma Centers

Coaldale — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

Easton — Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hecktown Oaks

Grove City — Allegheny Health Network — AHN Grove City Hospital

Hastings — Conemaugh Health System — Conemaugh Miners Medical Center

Hazleton — Lehigh Valley Health Network — Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton

Honesdale — Wayne Memorial Hospital

Jersey Shore — Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

Lehighton — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's Hospital Lehighton Campus

Lewistown — Geisinger Lewistown Hospital

McConnellsburg — Fulton County Medical Center

Orwigsburg — St. Luke's University Health Network — Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

Quakertown — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's Hospital-Upper Bucks Campus

Stroudsburg — St. Luke's University Health Network — St. Luke's Hospital-Monroe Campus

Troy — Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) is a non-profit corporation recognized by the Emergency Medical Services Act (Act 1985-45). The PTSF is the organization responsible for accrediting trauma centers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Trauma centers are hospitals with resources immediately available to provide optimal care and reduce the likelihood of death or disability to injured patients. Accredited trauma centers must be continuously prepared to treat the most serious life threatening and disabling injuries. They are not intended to replace the traditional hospital and its emergency department for minor injuries.

In Pennsylvania, there are four levels of trauma centers. Level I trauma centers provide the highest degree of resources with a full spectrum of specialists and must have trauma research and surgical residency programs. Level II trauma centers require the same high level of care but do not require research and residency programs. Level III trauma centers are smaller community hospitals that do not require neurosurgeons and focus on stabilizing severe trauma patients prior to transport to a higher-level trauma center. They may admit patients with mild and moderate injuries. Level IV trauma centers provide enhanced care to injured patients within the emergency department and focus on stabilization and quick transfer to a higher-level trauma center. They may admit mildly injured patients.

Each trauma center regardless of its level is an integral component of the emergency medical services (EMS) system. The EMS system assures appropriate patient care management from the time of injury to treatment at a local hospital or trauma center through the rehabilitative phase of care.

A comprehensive list of the Commonwealth's trauma centers is located at www.ptsf.org.

SOURCE Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation