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TRAUMA AND BURN CENTERS
Our pediatric
subspecialty team
Trauma Center
Children’s Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center serves a large
geographic area extending from the Canadian border though Montana,
Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Western Nebraska, Kansas, New
Mexico and the entire state of Colorado.
Mean age
The mean age of children treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado is younger than comparative hospitals
reporting to the National Trauma Data Bank.
7 years
Children’s Colorado
10.4 years
National Trauma Data Bank
Mortality rate
The overall rate of death for injured children ages 0 to 18 is lower at Children’s Colorado than at other
hospitals across the nation that treat children and contribute data to the National Trauma Data Bank.
1.27%
Children’s Colorado
4
11
15
3
5
6
3
5
8
2
2
16
41
11
Trauma surgeons
Orthopedic surgeons
Traumatic
injuries treated
85%
Blunt
Cardiac surgeons
Urologists
Ophthalmologists
Gynecologists
7.5%
Penetrating
Neurosurgeons
Otolaryngologists
Hand surgeons
7.5%
Thermal
Plastic surgeons
Critical care intensivists
Emergency medicine physicians
Rehabilitation medicine
physicians
1.71%
Western region
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