Hospital Statistics

University Hospital is the tertiary care center for the Central New York region. It is the only facility with a Level I Trauma Center, burn treatment center, hyperbaric treatment unit, and pediatric intensive care unit in a 15-county region (from Pennsylvania to the Canadian border).

Upstate Trauma Statistics
Total Trauma Patients	7766
Total Trauma Codes	Level I-262, Level II-72
Blunt	91.4%
Penetrating	8.6%
Burns	132

The Emergency Department at University serves 51,000 patients annually. Approximately 19,000 of these are pediatric patients who are treated in the region's only Pediatric Emergency Department. Faculty from the Department of Emergency Medicine provide Attending coverage for both the adult and pediatric emergency departments. All faculty are board certified/eligible in Emergency Medicine. Additionally, the pediatric ED attendings have special training in pediatric emergency medicine. Furthermore, fellows in the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship provide a superb supplement to the regular Pediatric ED faculty.

Resident's in each of residency training receive a majority of their ED exposure and training in the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments. In addition, PGY-I residents complete off-service rotations in cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, pediatrics, and orthopedics; PGY-II residents complete a MICU rotation; and PGY-III residents complete their PICU rotation at University. Please see the Curriculum page for more details regarding clinical rotations.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center provides a community experience for Upstate's Emergency Medicine residents. Serving as a Level II trauma center in the center of Syracuse, the Emergency Department treats approximately 52,000 patients a year. Residents are exposed to high acuity medical and surgical patients while fast track is staffed with physician assistants At St. Joseph's, PGY-1 residents complete rotations in Internal Medicine and Obstetrics, while PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents develop their clinical skills in educational and procedure rich ED rotations.

University Hospital Level I Trauma Center St. Joseph's Hospital Level II Trauma Center ED Type University Centered Community Centered Hospital Beds 350 430 ED Beds 33 (Including Pediatric ED) 44 (Including Fast Track) Annual ED Census 51,000 52,000 Admission Rate 18% N/A

Regionally Certified Poison Control Center (http://www.upstate.edu/poison/)

The Department of Emergency Medicine provides Medical Direction for the Central New York Regional Certified Poison Center which serves 34 counties, over 60 health care facilities, and a population of over 4 million in Upstate New York. Emergency Medicine Residents train with clinical and medical toxicologists during a mandatory rotation at the poison center in collaboration with the clinical toxicology service at Upstate Medical University.