STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and University Hospitals have joined together to create a new Northern Ohio Trauma System (NOTS), which will provide coordinated trauma care to patients throughout Cuyahoga County and the seven-county Northeast Ohio region.
As part of this enhanced trauma network, University Hospitals is adding its trauma expertise to NOTS. The NOTS network was originally formed in 2010 between MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic, and NOTS assisted the City of Cleveland public safety forces to get the right patient to the right place at the right time for their care.
Building on the collaboration among Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and University Hospitals during recent public health events including flu and Ebola responses and the Republican National Convention preparation, the three health systems with the full support of Cleveland Mayor, Frank G. Jackson, strengthened their work together to enhance trauma service coordination across the region.
NOTS members will coordinate with public safety forces and network hospitals to ensure patients are rapidly triaged and taken to the appropriate level of care within the network. The NOTS network has expanded to include three regional Level I Adult Trauma Centers – Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital, MetroHealth main campus Emergency Department and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. The most severe patients will be treated at these locations and at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Pediatric Level I Trauma Center.
Less severe trauma patients will be taken to one of Northeast Ohio’s Level II Adult Trauma Centers including, Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview and Hillcrest hospitals, or the Pediatric Level II Trauma Center at MetroHealth’s main campus. Other trauma patients will be treated at University Hospitals’ Level III trauma centers – including UH St. John Medical Center, UH Geauga Medical Center and UH Portage Medical Center as well as Southwest General Health Center, a joint-venture hospital with UH.
NOTS’ mission is to improve outcomes for Northern Ohio trauma patients and develop best practices. Through NOTS, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and University Hospitals collaborate to share quality data and jointly coordinate trauma care among facilities. They have an established advisory board, a medical director and pediatric medical director, and have implemented rules for the transfer of patients. NOTS has also created a coordinating agency for trauma transport and developed field triage protocols.
The Strongsville Community Band will perform on Feb. 26 at the Ehrnfelt Senior Event Center.Strongsville Community Band
Hear the band: The Strongsville Community Band will play their next concert on Sun. Feb. 26 at the Ehrnfelt Senior Event Center at 3:00 p.m. Outstanding musicians from all walks of life, including students, professionals and retirees join together in this community band because of their love for making music. The ensemble programs a variety of musical styles including marches, light classics and “pop” selections and other contemporary literature from the concert band repertoire. This is a free event and all are welcome.
Apply now: The Arts in Strongsville will be awarding scholarships to three deserving high school seniors who reside in Strongsville. Applications are available in the guidance office at Strongsville High School or online at www.strongsvillearts.org. To be eligible the student has to be planning to attend an institution of higher learning in the fall of 2017. The deadline for submission of the scholarships is Monday March 27.
Moving houses: Louise Verisco will present “Moving Day” on Tues. Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Town Hall. Have you ever moved? Can you imagine moving the house, too? Learn how and when all those buildings were moved to Strongsville Historical Village. Why were they moved? Who was responsible? Every year the Strongsville Historical Society holds a Founder’s Day Program to continue its mission to discover, collect, record, preserve and interpret the history of the Strongsville, Ohio area through these programs that inspire, stimulate and educate the community. Join us in this endeavor. There are family, corporate, student, senior and individual memberships available. Learn more at strongsvillehistoricalsociety.org or call 440-572-0057.
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