Over the past year, several hospitals have earned new trauma center designations, expanding access to emergency care in their communities. At the same time, others have chosen to downgrade or close ...

UAB Hospital has been reverified as a Level I adult trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and remains the only ACS-Level I adult trauma center in the state ...

Eastern Oklahoma may soon have access to a Level 1 trauma center, a move health officials say could be life-saving for patients across the region. Until now, patients with complex, life-threatening ...

State lawmakers approve state funding to greenlight the second Level I trauma center in Oklahoma, at St. Francis Health System. Legislation to fund Level 1 Trauma Center: Two budget bills, HB 2784 and ...

There's underlying urgency in her voice as an emergency dispatcher rolls half a dozen vehicles toward twisted metal and broken bodies, an intersection where spinning tires still claw at the nighttime ...

When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others were shot outside a Tucson grocery store Saturday, just one local hospital was capable of treating the most seriously injured. Tucson's University Medical ...