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Examples of trauma include:īy delivering specialized care right away, the trauma centers of IU Health save lives and optimize recovery. Potential sources of trauma include automobile accidents, falls, and knife and gunshot wounds. Trauma refers to damage that the body sustains from an external force. Trauma centers must be dedicated to preventing injury, providing high-quality care and improving staff education for treating and assessing traumatic injuries.

Other specialty physicians available quickly at all times.

We give patients access to more resources and technology than they can receive in an emergency department. At IU Health, our Trauma Centers provide advanced, comprehensive care for traumatic injuries. This means we have the people and technology to provide comprehensive care for any type of injury at any time.Ī trauma center is not the same as an emergency department. IU Health Bloomington Hospital is working on Level III Trauma Center verification.

In Muncie at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

In Lafayette at IU Health Arnett Hospital.

We also offer the state's only Level III trauma centers:

We are also home to the state’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. We are home to Indiana’s most established Level I Adult Trauma Center at IU Health Methodist Hospital.

When serious injuries do arise, IU Health is ready to help. The question of where to go in a life or death emergency does not come up often for most people, if ever.