March 30, 2023 – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney, a part of Baylor Scott & White Health, was designated as a Level II trauma center by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), one of only 26 Level II major trauma facilities in Texas.
In the last fiscal year, more than 43,000 people visited the emergency department at Baylor Scott & White – McKinney. At a Level II trauma facility, emergency medicine physicians and nurses are required to have trauma-specific continuing education and maintain specialized certifications in trauma and resuscitation. This training is vital in the assessment and stabilization of trauma patients.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney becomes the 16th Baylor Scott & White Health hospital to earn a trauma center designation and the second medical center to do so in McKinney. For more information about the hospital’s program and services, visit Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney.