Is it true that hospitals that do not participate in the trauma system cannot receive trauma patients unless there is no designated trauma hospital within 30 minutes of the scene?
Yes. The “30 minute rule” in the trauma system statute requires EMS to transport major trauma patients to the highest level designated trauma hospital within 30 minutes. The exception is compromised airways; they will also bypass undesignated hospitals, but will be transported to the nearest designated hospital without respect to the level of designation.
Related Questions
- Is it true that hospitals that do not participate in the trauma system cannot receive trauma patients unless there is no designated trauma hospital within 30 minutes of the scene?
- Does BMF have a system of equipment retrieval for patients flown from the scene or trauma patients flown from hospital Emergency Departments?
- Does the trauma system allow trauma transfers from a designated trauma hospital to an undesignated hospital?
