Overview

As the busiest pediatric trauma center and the only free-standing Level I pediatric trauma center in the region, Children’s Minnesota Minneapolis campus provides care for children of all ages with injuries ranging from fractures and concussions to life-threatening head and abdominal injuries in a way no other trauma center can. From the moment an injured child is met in the Emergency Department, the trauma team works together to provide the best possible care to promote healing and recovery.

Children’s Minnesota St. Paul campus is a designated Level 4 trauma center, and provides trauma care to children in an effort to manage simple injuries and to expedite access to additional resources when necessary.

2022 Trauma Services Annual Report

From the moment an injured child is met in the emergency department, the trauma team works together to provide the best possible care to promote healing and recovery. See our volumes, program highlights and more by downloading our 2022 Trauma Services Annual Report.

Trauma Clinical Guidelines

• Accidental Primary Hypothermia (HT) Guideline
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients with Open Fractures
• Solid Organ Injury Management Guideline

Conditions treated

• Injuries related to:
  • Falls from furniture or down stairs
  • Motor vehicle collisions
  • Recreational vehicle collisions (i.e., golf carts, ATVs, snowmobiles, jet skis)
  • Playground falls and collisions
  • Pedestrian-related collisions
  • Bicycle collisions
  • Farm injuries
  • Athletic injuries
  • Household-related injuries, including furniture tipovers, minor burns, and falls from windows
  • Child abuse
  • Dog and other animal bites
  • Assault
  • Guns, knives, and other penetrating trauma
  • Near-drowning

Services offered

• Level I Pediatric Trauma Center dedicated solely to kids.
• A pediatric trauma surgeon in house on the Minneapolis campus 24/7
• Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Pediatric injury prevention
• Pediatric emergency and trauma education
• Full spectrum of pediatric specialists for definitive trauma care, including:
  • Trauma surgeons and advanced practice providers
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Emergency medicine physicians
  • Intensivists
  • Orthopedic surgeons
  • Neurosurgeons
  • Radiologists
  • Plastic surgeons
  • Gynecologists
  • Midwest Children’s Resource Center (child abuse pediatricians)
  • Rehabilitation
  • Pain and palliative care
  • Trauma-trained nursing and ancillary staff

Related Specialty

• Emergency
• Surgery
• Critical care
• Injury prevention (Making Safe Simple)
• MCRC