Trauma centers prep for rankings

Northern Colorado’s trauma centers and emergency-room personnel are working hard to qualify for new state certification that will standardize procedures and create guidelines for trauma centers.

Colorado is developing guidelines and a certification program to rank trauma, according to the capabilities of each center around the state.

Soon, each hospital will have a ranking that will tell people what level of care the hospital is qualified to give, and the certification will standardize the level of care for patients entering each trauma center.

“The goal is to develop a statewide system so people get to the right place at the right time,´ said…