For over two decades, St. Joseph's has been committed to maintaining a leadership role in advancing excellence in trauma care throughout Arizona. That commitment is demonstrated by providing the resources necessary to maintain national recognition by the American College of Surgeon's (ACS) Committee on Trauma. Our Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Center was the first ACS Level I Trauma Center in the state that is verified by the American College of Surgeons.
The Emergency Department and Trauma Center features:
- Six trauma bays with cutting-edge technology, including overhead X-ray machines and supply booms.
- Forty-eight emergency bays. All the rooms in the ED are equipped for patients of any acuity.
- An area dedicated solely to the treatment of pediatric patients. Eight treatment bays and a waiting area have been specially designed for children and separated from the adult treatment and waiting areas.
- A three-bed fast-track ED station, which will have its own waiting area. The goal of this area is to treat patients with minor injuries in less than an hour.
- A family consultation room.
- A family viewing room.
- A special area for computed tomography and radiology. This area contains two new 64-slice CT scanners. These will facilitate quicker and clearer images of patients.
- An ambulance entrance, walk-in entrance and waiting area.
- A heliport, which is located on top of the Barrow Neuroscience Tower.
The need for ED and trauma services is growing dramatically. In 2008, St. Joseph's had 71,076 Emergency Department visits, an average of 194 patients a day. Use of the hospital's trauma services is increasing 10 percent annually. In 2008, St. Joseph's Trauma Center treated 3,463 trauma patients.
