Florida Committee on Trauma

Upcoming Events

FCOT Spring Meetings

May 17-18, 2012
Hyatt Regency Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida

Mark your calendar to attend! More details coming soon!

EMS Advisory Council

View upcoming events hosted by the EMS Advisory Council by visiting the EMSAC website.

State Trauma-Related Initiatives

FCOT supports many initiatives to improve the general health and safety of all Floridians. Current projects are linked below.

Ride Smart Florida

Trauma System Update

Below are updates on the state of the Florida Trauma System. Download the files to learn about the goals and accomplishments of trauma centers throughout Florida.

Third Quarter Report (January - September 2010) (PDF)

Office of Trauma Report (10/29/10) (Microsoft PowerPoint)

Office of Trauma and Trauma System Accomplishments 2007-2010 (PDF)

Exhibiting Opportunities

Interested in Exhibiting at any of FCOT's upcoming meetings? Download and return the FCOT Invitation to Exhibit!

Florida Trauma Centers

The state of Florida is home to 21 trauma centers. Florida's trauma centers are well known for their quick response to trauma emergencies and progression in advanced technologies. Emergency rooms are not trauma centers. A trauma center has highly trained specialists in-house or immediately available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Trauma centers have access to air emergency whose only job is to be available for the moment a serious accident occurs. Trauma centers provide the highest level of care and expertise, with the most cutting edge technology and resources available for treatment.

Trauma hospitals throughout the state of Florida are shown below. Click on the map to download a high-resolution PDF.

Level 1 Trauma Centers

Jackson Memorial Hospital & Ryder Trauma Center 1800 NW 10 Avenue Miami, FL 33136 (305) 243-6256 (phone) Website Patient Safety Organization Website	Shands Jacksonville Medical Center 653 West 8th Street Jacksonville, FL 32209 (904) 244.0411 (phone) Website
Orlando Regional Medical Centers Sandlake, Southlake, South Seminole, St. Cloud, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, & Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women & Childern (321) 841.6582 (phone) Website	Broward General Medical Center 1600 South Andrews Ave Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 355.4400 (phone) Website
Memorial Regional Hospital 3501 Johnson Ave Hollywood, FL 33021 (954) 987.2000 Website	Tampa General Hospital 2 Columbia Dr Tampa, FL 33601 (813) 844.7000 Website

Level 2 Trauma Centers

Sacred Heart Hospital 5151 North Ninth Ave Pensacola, FL 32504 (850) 416.7000 (phone) Website	St. Joseph's Hospital 3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 554.8500 (phone) Website
St. Mary's Hospital 901 45th St West Palm Beach, FL 33407 (561) 844.6300 (phone) Website	Lakeland Regional Medical Center 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL 33804 (863) 687.1100 (phone) Website
Lee Memorial Hospital 2780 Cleveland Ave Ft. Meyers, FL 33901 Website	North Broward Medical Center 201 East Sample Rd Pompano Beach, FL 33064 (954) 355.4400 (phone) Website
Baptist Hospital-Pensacola 1000 W. Moreno St Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 434.4011 (phone) Website	Bayfront Medical Center 701 Sixth St South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (727) 823.1234 (phone) Website
Delray Medical Center 5352 Linton Blvd Delray Beach, FL 33484 (561) 495.3166 (phone) Website	Halifax Medical Center 303 N Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 254.4000 (phone) Website
Holmes Regional Medical Center 1350 South Hickory St Melbourne, FL 32901 (321) 434.1913 (phone) Website	Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare 1300 Miccosukee Rd Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 431.1155 (phone) Website
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center 1700 S 23rd St Fort Pierce, FL 34950 (772) 467.8207 (phone) Website

Click on the links below to view additional trauma societies and other organizations promoting continuing education.

Office of Trauma, Florida Department of Health
Broward County Trauma Agency
Hillsborough County Trauma Agency
Palm Beach County Trauma Agency

Florida Burn Centers

A Burn Center provides a comprehensive team approach to the care of burn victims. The clinical team, including burn/trauma surgeons, nurse practitioners, nurses, skilled technicians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers, registered dietitians and psychologists provide care throughout the duration of stay for each patient.

After completing the rigorous process set forth by the American Burn Association (ABA) and American College of Surgeons, the Burn Center receives notice of successful verification by the ABA. This verification demonstrates a continued commitment to the treatment of patients suffering burn injuries and the allocation of resources necessary to ensure the best outcomes. As of today, there are only 3 ABA verified burn centers below in the state of Florida:

Tampa General Hospital 2 Columbia Dr Tampa, FL 33601 (813) 844.7000 Website	Jackson Memorial Hospital & Ryder Trauma Center 1800 NW 10 Ave Miami, FL 33136 (305) 243-6256 (phone) Website
Shands Health Care University of Florida, Gainesville Trauma Services Department 1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 32610-0286 (352) 265.8000 (phone) Website

ATLS, PHTLS, and ATCN Courses

Details on upcoming trauma education courses can be found on the Events page. More information on the nature of these courses is below.

ATLS

The Advanced Trauma Life Support Course teaches a systematic, concise approach to the early care of the trauma patient. This course is vital to guiding care for the injured patient in emergency department trauma rooms. The course training provides a common language that can save lives in critical situations.

PHTLS

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) courses are nationally recognized continuing education programs for prehospital emergency health care professionals that bring the care of the trauma patient into a single focus.

PHTLS courses provide a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the need to treat the multisystem trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities.

PHTLS courses are based on the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), a course for physicians developed by the American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma. More importantly, PHTLS courses follow the principles of care of trauma patients as developed by the Committee on Trauma.

The Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program. They are represented by the medical directors on the Executive Council of the PHTLS Division of the National Association of EMTs. (Reproduced from the PHTLS 5th edition Instructor Text-Copyright 2003, Mosby, Inc.)

Please click here to visit the Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support website for additional information.

ATCN

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) is an advanced course designed for the registered nurse interested in increasing his/her knowledge in management of the multiple trauma patient. The ATCN course is taught concurrently with ATLS. The ATCN program has been operational for over 15 years and has an excellent record of offering a superb trauma educational program, and maintaining a positive collaboration with the ACS Committee on Trauma State Chapters. The ATCN program is currently being offered in numerous states as well as internationally.

Please visit the Society of Trauma Nurses website for additional information.

FCOT Leadership

Click here to view FCOT's leadership roster.

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