Trauma

A multidisciplinary team to handle severe and life-threatening injuries

Pediatric Trauma Services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital offers comprehensive, coordinated services in collaboration with Stanford Hospital & Clinic's Emergency Department, to meet the unique needs of injured children and adolescents through timely, effective and family-centered care.

Providing this care in an ideal setting, with an ideal staff, and all the resources we need under a single roof, are just a few reasons why our patients have the single best risk-adjusted mortality rates in the country according to the Child Health Corporation of America.

Our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, new Ford Family Surgical Suites, and Pediatric Ambulatory Care Center provide not only the most advanced technological settings, but some of the most compassionate and qualified physicians, nurses and support staff to care for the children we see. From our radiologists (MRI and CT), to our child psychologists, social workers, child life specialists, physical therapists and occupational therapists, we support every child and adolescent according to their individual needs.

Packard Children's Pediatric Trauma Services works in continuous partnership with a full complement of pediatric specialists.  These specialists include:

General Surgery Neurosurgery Orthopedic Surgery Ophthalmology Urology Otolaryngology Plastics Hand and Upper Extremity Craniofacial Oral-Maxillofacial Critical Care General Pediatrics Radiology Ophthalmology Child Psychology Cardiothoracic Surgery Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team Pain Service Anesthesia

Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Family Centered Care Respiratory Therapy Child Life Services Social Services Packard Children's School Injury Prevention  Interpreter Services

Nationally Recognized by the American College of Surgeons

The Stanford University Medical Center became a trauma center in 1986, and since 1998 has been recognized as a Level I Trauma Center, the highest level awarded by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). They are also a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center.

According to the ACS, institutions that achieve Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center status possess "not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients."

Who We Serve

We provide specialized care to approximately 2,500 trauma patients per year, and serve the entire Bay Area and Northern California. The Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital partners with Stanford's Life Flight Medical Transport Program to provide ambulance and helicopter transport of critically injured children while providing high-quality medical care en route.