We diagnose and treat these and other injuries: 

• Abdominal, lung and chest trauma 
• Back and spine injuries 
• Brain injury such as aneurysm, stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) 
• Face, head and neck trauma 
• Fractures and broken bones 
• Leg or arm trauma 
• Organ injury or failure 
• Puncture wounds
• Severe burns
• Soft tissue injuries
• Uncontrolled bleeding 

If you or a loved one are taken to the Providence trauma center, you can count on immediate evaluation, diagnosis and care by a specialized trauma team. They will stabilize your condition and take you to surgery or intensive care if that’s what you need.

Our trauma center provides:

• Advanced medical imaging and diagnostic testing with fast results 
• High-level surgical services available at any hour 
• Highly trained critical care specialists
• Specialized pre- and post-surgical critical care monitoring
• A dedicated trauma physician assistant who follows your care closely
• Daily trauma team meetings for trauma and surgical specialists, therapists, dietitians, pathologists, social workers and physiatrists to assess and plan your care   

Providence St. Patrick Hospital is the only trauma center in the region with a Level II status that is verified by the American College of Surgeons, Accredited Stroke Center and Accredited Chest Pain Center. We’re dedicated to an exceptional level of trauma care. Our doctors, nurses and specialists stay on the leading edge of trauma care. Click here for trauma education resources.

Community outreach

Accidental injuries take young lives too soon. Families and communities affected experience immeasurable social, emotional and financial damage. At Providence, our trauma leaders are actively involved in preventing tragedies through a variety of education and awareness programs.  We focus on these and many other areas:

• Accident awareness and safe driving practices for teens
• Child safety seat education, installation and use
• Fall prevention
• Substance abuse awareness and prevention
• TBI prevention

Safety matters at any age. At Providence, we reach out to community leaders and agencies to help prevent or limit the severity of injury through activities like these: 

• Active support of a state-wide trauma system
• Encouraging proper use of seatbelts, child safety seats and helmets  
• Safety legislation 
• Support for enforcement of existing laws 

Your care team may include these and other are providers, including specialty and subspecialty surgeons as needed:

• Anesthesiologists
• Chaplains
• General surgeons
• Heart and vascular surgeons
• Hospitalists
• Intensivists
• Neurosurgeons
• Nurse practitioners
• Obstetricians
• Orthopedic surgeons
• Pathologists
• Pharmacists
• Physiatrists
• Physical therapists
• Radiologists 
• Registered dietitians  
• Registered nurses   
• Respiratory therapists
• Social workers
• Speech/language pathologists
• Thoracic surgeons
• Trauma surgeons