Critically injured children often need multiple teams and specialist to ensure the best possible care, and that’s why our trauma services include a Level 1 Trauma Center. Located at our Salt Lake City Primary Children’s Hospital, we offer:

• Accessible and quick communication for notifying the trained trauma team and needed specialists
• Continuously ready operating rooms
• Always available specialists in: anesthesiology, critical care, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, orthopedics, radiology, pathology, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), plastics, vascular, burn, urology, cardiac surgery, social work, respiratory therapy, nutrition, and rehabilitation therapy.
• Priority services for trauma patients, including lab results, imaging, procedures, and admission
• Every day available nurse care managers and social workers to help address your child’s needs when it is time to go hom

Wellness PreventionWe are always evaluating our practice to ensure that we are providing the best possible care. Our program is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (ACS TQIP^®), so trauma professionals across the country share data and best practices with the goal of improving outcomes for trauma patients.

Intermountain Children’s Health is committed to decreasing pediatric injuries. Please visit our Injury Prevention Page for more information.