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One would think that a state with 3 million people would have more trauma centers than the city of Fargo but I guess not.
Omaha, Nebraska with 450,000 people which is a small fraction of the people as Clark County has two level 1 trauma centers in the city.
The article also state's that Boston has 7 level one trauma centers.
It is sort of interesting the disparity in the levels of medical care throughout the country that a small city in North Dakota can have the same number of trauma centers as a County of 2 million people with tens of millions of tourists yearly.
Clark County(aka Las Vegas metropolitan area) is also one of the fastest growing counties in the USA. Clark County had 1,375,765 people in 2000. 714,459 in 1990. Sounds more like the Las Vegas area is having trouble keeping up with a fast growing population.
By the way, quit comparing counties to cities. Douglas County, where Omaha is located, has 554,995 people.
Getting and maintaining Level I status requires a significant investment of resources and many hospitals don't want to take the time or trouble to do it, not to mention deal with a trauma heavy patient population, many of whom tend to be uninsured. There are a lot of hospitals, including fairly large Academic Centers, that see a lot of trauma and have the full coverage from all specialties, research and reporting mechanisms etc in place, and still don't want to do it. They're content to stay at Level II. Per the article, Sunrise Hospital is a Level II and took in more patients than University Medical Center did (180 vs 104, respectively) and was able to handle it adequately.
Last edited by Texas Ag 93; 10-04-2017 at 09:28 PM..
I live a bit north of Fargo...from my understanding as of this time it is still designated as level 2. The new Sanford Hospital opened in late July, but trauma is still level 2 there. The hope is level 1 someday with further advances.
Last edited by Kamsack; 10-04-2017 at 10:43 PM..
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