St. John’s is the only state-designated adult and pediatric Level l Trauma Center in the Ozarks.

A Level l Trauma Center is the highest designation a hospital can receive as a trauma care provider in Missouri.
 

As a Level l Trauma Center, St. John's provides:
 

¢ Board-certified trauma surgeons at the hospital available to care for patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

¢ Dedicated operating rooms immediately available and staffed 24 hours a day ready to perform trauma surgery at a moment’s notice.

¢ State-of-the art radiology equipment in the Emergency Trauma Center, including a CT scanner, digital X-ray imaging, as well as on-site MRI.

¢ Ongoing research with other trauma centers nationwide to ensure the care being delivered to trauma patients is the most up-to-date trauma care available.

¢ Resources for restoring useful life skills through education and therapy at our inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation.

¢ Safety education programs to the community in an attempt to reduce the incidence of injuries in the Ozarks. 
 

With three full-time hospital-based injury prevention coordinators, St. John’s Trauma Services is a leader in injury prevention in Missouri. St. John’s/Kohl's Injury Prevention Program is committed to injury prevention education to decrease the amount of injuries to the people in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. St. John's is the proud leader of Safe Kids Springfield.
 

Injury prevention staff travel to area schools, public events and other venues to provide education on topics such as bicycle safety, burn and fire safety, child passenger safety, ATV safety, home safety and motor vehicle/driving safety. Drunken-driving docudramas and mock car crashes are included in the curriculum.
 

For more information or to inquire about injury prevention education, please call the safety hotline at 417-820-SAFE (7233).