St. Tammany Parish Hospital has completed verification as a Level 3 trauma center.
The designation verifies the hospital is equipped to handle critically injured patients, including those suffering organ injuries, traumatic brain injuries, multiple bone fractures, and gunshot wounds. The designation also reflects STPH’s trained trauma staff, constant access to trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, critical-care physicians, anesthesiologists, surgical services, and other specialists.
“We are a Level 3 trauma center, verified by the American College of Surgeons and designated by the state of Louisiana,” Kerry Milton, STPH chief nursing officer, said. “That means we have the capacity and capability to provide advanced life-saving measures for trauma patients in this region, and it further demonstrates our commitment to our community.”
STPH’s verified status received approval from the Verification Review Committee, an ad hoc panel of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. It was designated by Louisiana Department of Health.
Amid a $100-million three-year expansion project, the hospital has the busiest and largest capacity operating rooms and emergency facilities serving St. Tammany Parish, with the main campus ER and pediatric ER at 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington, and the Mandeville ER at 2929 Hwy 190, across from Mandeville Post Office.