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NREMT Paramedic Trauma Exam Prep

Category - Paramedic Trauma

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Which of the following most accurately describes a Level IV trauma center?
  1. Regional resource center focused on definitive management of complex and critically injured patients
  2. Hospital that should always be bypassed with a patient experiencing a traumatic injury
  3. A community hospital that has the ability to resuscitate and surgically stabilize some trauma patients, but will need to transfer more complicated patients
  4. A rural or remote hospital with the training and education to stabilize and preexisting agreements for rapid transfer of trauma patients
Explanation
Answer: D- A Level IV trauma center is a facility with the training and capabilities to resuscitate and stabilize an injured patient before transferring to a higher level of care. They may have some surgery available, but lack most specialty services.
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