Medical Center of the Rockies achieves Level I trauma designation

LOVELAND — High-level trauma patients in Northern Colorado no longer will need to be transferred to Denver-area hospitals, except in extraordinary circumstances.

That’s because UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies has received the state Level I trauma designation, the only hospital north of Denver and one of only six in the state to be so designated.

UCHealth reported the designation this morning, an effort that has been underway since MCR was opened in 2007. Previously, the hospital carried a Level II trauma designation.

MCR joins UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Swedish Medical Center in Englewood,…