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 |
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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, EMS, and orthopedics; PGY-II residents complete MICU and Tox rotations; and PGY-III residents complete their PICU rotation at University. Please see the
Curriculum page for more details regarding clinical rotations.
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.
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