There is one local trauma center serving Stockton and San Joaquin County. Patients with major injuries can be taken to the Level II Trauma Center at San Joaquin General Hospital just south of Stockton in French Camp.
There’s more information below on what kind of patients need Trauma Center care and where other local Trauma Centers are located.
Stockton Trauma Center Care
Stockton has only one certified trauma center. It’s at San Joaquin General Hospital. California ranks Trauma Centers as I, II, III, or Level IV facilities. Level I centers offer the most advanced care.
San Joaquin General Hospital offers a Level II Trauma Center to help patients with severe injuries. The center treats around 4,000 patients a year. The campus is also home to a helipad where patients suffering from the worst injuries can be rushed by air to the hospital where a trauma team will be ready.
The hospital’s website goes over some of the services their Trauma Center offers:
- Life-saving procedures
- Immediate (within 15 minutes of patient arrival) treatment of surgical traumatic emergencies
- Emergency care for minor or seriously injured trauma victims
- Trauma resuscitation bays reserved for trauma patients
- Operating Room(s) held reserved for Trauma patients.
- CT scanner with priority for trauma patients.
- Outpatient clinics for follow-up care for injuries.
San Joaquin General Hospital
Level II Trauma Center
San Joaquin General Hospital
500 W Hospital Rd
French Camp, CA 95231
(209) 468-6000
Other Trauma Centers in the Area for Stockton Victims
In some cases, a Level II trauma center may not have the resources to properly treat a patient with certain traumatic injuries.
It’s possible that Stockton victims may be flown to Level I trauma centers in other cities. These are a few of the trauma centers that may treat local victims:
- Fresno’s Level I Table Mountain Rancheria Trauma Center at Community Regional Medical Center.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Level I Trauma Center in San Jose.
- The Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Level I Trauma Center.
What Are Trauma Centers?
Trauma centers are usually part of emergency departments in hospitals. They offer medical care that goes beyond what an emergency room can provide. They are designed to provide immediate care for the victims of traumatic injury.
Traumatic injuries can be caused by blunt force trauma, like an impact in a car crash. They result from a penetrating wound like a shooting or stabbing. Traumatic injuries also include burns. Trauma centers have protocols set up to quickly help the victims of stroke and heart attacks. Some departments target the needs of children who have been badly hurt. These are known as pediatric trauma centers.
Trauma Center staff including doctors and nurses are on call at all hours in case someone is brought in with a traumatic injury. Patients will have access to general surgeons as well as orthopedic surgeons, heart surgeons, and other specialists.
Contact a Stockton Traumatic Injury Attorney
If you are a victim of an accident and a traumatic injury at any level, make sure your healing stays the focus of your recovery. Don’t let hospital bills and other financial damages rob you of your strength when they should be someone else’s responsibility.
When the carelessness of an individual or a business contributed to your injury, those at-fault parties can be held fully responsible for your physical and financial recovery. Contact Maison Law of Stockton and allow us to get started investigating the circumstances of your accident.
If you decide we can help you and your family earn more in a traumatic injury settlement, you won’t need any money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement you are awarded.
