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From left, Bohdan Pomahac, MD, Mitchel B. Harris, MD, and Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH, and a group of BWH’s trauma staff.
Trauma patients at BWH can be assured they are receiving the right care at the right time. For the 15th consecutive year, the Trauma Center has been verified as a Level 1 Trauma Center for Adults by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
“BWH is dedicated to the care of the traumatized patient, and our re-verification is a true testimony to our commitment,” said Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, chief of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care. “We congratulate the multidisciplinary team of providers—nursing, social workers, physical therapists, trauma surgeons and surgical subspecialists—who diligently work together to provide optimal care to the injured patients of Massachusetts and surrounding communities.”
Under the leadership of Jonathan D. Gates, MD, since its inception in 1995, the BWH Trauma Center has seen its role expand within the hospital and in the community as a leader in the area of trauma care.
“BWH serves as a regional trauma center for the most complex injured patients,” said Yvonne Michaud, MSN, trauma program manager. “The Centers for Disease Control are working diligently to raise public awareness around access to trauma care.”
At BWH, the focus is on both immediate and long term survival. In 2008, the hospital became a member of the Trauma Survivors Network, a program developed by the American Trauma Society as a way of helping patients and their families to communicate with other survivors and to ask and answer questions about recovery.
“We work closely with Social Work and Care Coordination to identify people who might benefit from our services, which provide a safe place for people to open up and realize they’re not alone,” said Charlene Palmer, coordinator for the Trauma Survivor Network at BWH.
For more information, visit: www.brighamandwomens.org/burntrauma /