Trauma

Success Story of a Children's Hospital

Elizabeth

Elizabeth thought she had a bad case of the flu, but she was wrong. A few hours later, the 18-year-old underwent emergency surgery for severe internal bleeding and shock.

Miller Children’s & Women's Hospital Long Beach was designated more than 20 years ago as one of only 5 designated Pediatric Trauma Centers by Los Angeles County and has maintained that status since. To become a designated pediatric trauma center, a hospital must meet rigorous government regulations.

As a designated pediatric trauma center, Miller Children’s provides:

Extraordinary trauma patient care from admission to hospital release and follow up care
Pediatric equipment and supplies with capabilities of initial evaluation and treatment of pediatric trauma patients
A mutli-disciplinary pediatrics trauma team and surgical specialties staffed by qualified specialists:
- Anesthesiologists
- Critical care specialists
- Pediatric emergency physicians
- General surgeons
- Neurologic surgeons
- Ophthalmologic surgeons
- Oral/Maxillofacial (head and neck) surgeons
- Orthopaedic surgeons
- Plastic surgeons
- Urologicsurgeons
24/7 on call specialists available to trauma patients
Available operating rooms, radiology, rehabilitation
Injury prevention programs