![]() They negotiated a deal for the vendor to only charge what insurance will pay for those life saving flights, and charge nothing if a patient doesn't have insurance.īut Milam County only has a handful of place those choppers can safely land. WNJ is a designated Level III Trauma Center, which means we are recognized by the State of Texas as having met the highest standards for treatment. Level I and II centers feature specially trained health care provider teams (e.g., trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, cardiac surgeons. The Milam County Judge and other leaders managed to negotiate a better deal for medical helicopter service. That's tough to cover," Chief Roddam said. "There are are three ambulances for this county. ![]() unless you find yourself in Milam County, which now depends on its three ambulances and a helicopter to get people life-saving medical help. When it comes to basic care, Central Texas seems to have available coverage. Palestine has a level 3 or "advanced" Trauma Center.Īnd the state lists "basic" or level 4 trauma centers in Killeen, Lampasas, Taylor, Brownfield, Gatesville, Fairfield, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Groesbeck, Corsicana, Mexia, and Harker Heights. Center to Designation as Level II Trauma Center Los Angeles County Huntington Memorial Hospital 100 West California Blvd. You'll find 2 level two, or "major trauma centers," in Central Texas in Waco and another in Temple. Lucky for Central Texas, Temple has a level One Trauma Center, along with Lubbock, El Paso, and Tyler. "There's a whole lot of Texas outside those four locations," Roddam commented. Contact Phone Facility Level Appling Healthcare: Primary: (912) 367-9841. Mostly in the "Texas Big Four" areas of San Antonio, Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Obviously, if you're waiting 15, 20, 25.20, 30, 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive for transport, your golden hour is greatly diminished," he explained.īut in lots of places, help often sits more than that "golden hour away."Īs we reported, Texas only has 18 level one trauma centers in the entire state. Further southwest, our Carilion New River Valley Medical Center is designated as a Level III trauma center, providing high quality trauma care close to home and. 'In the world of Trauma there's a thing called, "The Golden Hour." And from the onset of that traumatic injury, if that patient or that victim can get to a trauma center within an hour's time frame or less, that patient has a greater chance of surviving. Rockdale Fire Chief Ward Roddam says that puts people's safety at risk. The closure of Milam County's two hospitals in December increased calls to firefighters, who often have little more than AED, CPR and Basic First Aid training. Rockdale and other fire departments in Milam County now provide the ONLY emergency medical attention outside the county's ambulance contractor, in the entire county. We showed you on Central Texas News Now, Milam County, between Temple and Austin, doesn't even have basic trauma care in the entire county since Milam's two hospitals closed in December. ![]() In Texas, we found the answer to that question often depends on where you live. ROCKDALE, TX - Life-saving medical attention, can you get it when you need it? ![]()
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