From Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Emergency Room
When a loved one is suddenly injured, your instinct is to rush to the nearest hospital emergency department. But not every emergency department is equipped to handle traumatic injuries. Only certain hospitals in Los Angeles County – including PVHMC – are designated as trauma centers and are equipped to treat life-threatening injuries 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Unlike regular hospital emergency departments, trauma centers must meet many rigorous standards established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). That includes having a specially trained trauma surgeon at the hospital around the clock, whose sole purpose is to treat traumatically injured patients, PVHMC has eight trauma surgeons.
