{"id":17980,"date":"2021-10-29T20:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/trauma-center-designation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:15:11","slug":"trauma-center-designation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/trauma-center-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Luke's alcanza el nivel II de centro de traumatolog\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"Luke's Hospital obtuvo el 26 de octubre la designaci\u00f3n oficial del Departamento de Salud P\u00fablica de Massachusetts como Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda para Adultos de Nivel II, el primer y \u00fanico Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda de Nivel II de la Regi\u00f3n 5 del Servicio de Emergencias M\u00e9dicas de Massachusetts, que da servicio al sureste de Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La aprobaci\u00f3n del Departamento de Salud P\u00fablica es el \u00faltimo paso para establecer un Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda de Nivel II en el St. Luke's Hospital para los pacientes del sureste de Massachusetts. Luke's Hospital cuenta con un equipo completo de traumatolog\u00eda, con cirujanos y recursos cl\u00ednicos disponibles las 24 horas del d\u00eda, los 7 d\u00edas de la semana.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2017, Southcoast Health identific\u00f3 la necesidad cr\u00edtica de un centro de trauma en la regi\u00f3n de la Costa Sur y se embarc\u00f3 en el viaje con una evaluaci\u00f3n completa de los recursos que se necesitar\u00edan, seguida de meses de planificaci\u00f3n e inversi\u00f3n interna, dijeron los funcionarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuestros socios del Servicio M\u00e9dico de Urgencias (SEM) desempe\u00f1an un papel fundamental en la respuesta al traumatismo, sirviendo en primera l\u00ednea y transportando de forma segura a los pacientes a los centros sanitarios adecuados para su atenci\u00f3n. Con la designaci\u00f3n oficial del estado, el centro de traumatolog\u00eda podr\u00e1 ahora aceptar a m\u00e1s pacientes de los servicios m\u00e9dicos de emergencia (EMS) del sureste de Massachusetts, lo que proporcionar\u00e1 a los pacientes una atenci\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida y cercana en caso de emergencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Cuando un hospital se compromete a ser un centro de traumatolog\u00eda, es un reflejo de su compromiso de ofrecer una atenci\u00f3n y un servicio integrales a la comunidad\", declar\u00f3 el Dr. Michael Grossman, Jefe de Cirug\u00eda Traumatol\u00f3gica de Southcoast Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como primer paso del proceso, el Hospital de San Lucas fue evaluado minuciosamente y obtuvo la verificaci\u00f3n como Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda de Nivel II por el Comit\u00e9 de Revisi\u00f3n de Verificaci\u00f3n (VRC), un comit\u00e9 ad hoc del Comit\u00e9 de Traumatolog\u00eda (COT) del Colegio Americano de Cirujanos (ACS) a principios de este oto\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los centros de traumatolog\u00eda verificados deben cumplir los criterios esenciales que garantizan la capacidad de atenci\u00f3n traumatol\u00f3gica y el rendimiento institucional, tal y como indica el Comit\u00e9 de Traumatolog\u00eda del Colegio Americano de Cirujanos en su actual <em>Recursos para la atenci\u00f3n \u00f3ptima del paciente lesionado<\/em> manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades (CDC), las lesiones traum\u00e1ticas son la principal causa de muerte en personas de hasta 45 a\u00f1os. En una emergencia, cada segundo cuenta y las v\u00edctimas de lesiones traum\u00e1ticas suelen encontrarse en una carrera contrarreloj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\"Uno de los principios fundamentales en traumatolog\u00eda es que se dispone de un peque\u00f1o margen de tiempo para realizar intervenciones que salvan vidas y marcan la diferencia cuando alguien sufre una lesi\u00f3n grave\", dice Stephanie Raby, MSN, RN, PHN, directora del Programa de Traumatolog\u00eda del St. Luke's Hospital. \"El Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda del St. Luke's ayudar\u00e1 a proporcionar a los pacientes un acceso m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido a la evaluaci\u00f3n y los cuidados cr\u00edticos avanzados en caso de emergencia\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un centro de traumatolog\u00eda de nivel II est\u00e1 equipado para atender a cualquier tipo de paciente traumatizado, pero no est\u00e1 obligado a realizar investigaciones ni a tener programas de residencia quir\u00fargica. La American Trauma Society explica las diferencias entre cada nivel de centro de traumatolog\u00eda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtrauma.org\/page\/traumalevels\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Anteriormente, en la regi\u00f3n de la costa sur, el centro de traumatolog\u00eda designado m\u00e1s cercano se encontraba fuera del estado, en Rhode Island, a una distancia considerable\", afirma el Dr. Theodore Delmonico, cirujano traumat\u00f3logo del hospital St. Luke's Hospital. \"Un transporte tan largo no s\u00f3lo es peligroso para un paciente muy enfermo o con lesiones traum\u00e1ticas, sino que adem\u00e1s deja fuera de servicio a esa ambulancia durante alg\u00fan tiempo, lo que limita los recursos disponibles para otros pacientes necesitados de la regi\u00f3n.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si desea m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el Centro de Traumatolog\u00eda de Nivel II de St. Luke's, visite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/southcoast-health-trauma-center\/\">www.southcoast.org\/southcoast-health-trauma-center\/<\/a> .<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4299,"template":"","categories":[1233],"class_list":["post-17980","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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