Level I Certification

What does Level I mean?

The designation as a Level I trauma facility, the highest level achievable, refers to the available resources at that hospital to care for trauma patients. Parkland was the first Level I trauma center in Texas.

What makes Parkland one of the
premier Level I trauma centers in the world?

• We care for patients with 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons who are also trained in the specialties of trauma and critical care. We also have prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine, plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial, pediatric and critical care. In many cases, these services are already in the hospital when patients arrive.
• We act as a referral resource for communities in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma.
• We lead in injury prevention and public education to Dallas and surrounding communities.
• We train using one of the most rigorous and comprehensive quality improvement programs in the country.
• We innovate through our teaching and research efforts to help direct new developments and ideas in trauma care.
• We provide intervention programs for substance abuse screening and rehabilitation referral.