March 31, 2021 – Intermountain Riverton Hospital (Riverton, UT), part of Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, UT) has received a Level IV trauma center designation from the Utah Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
The Level IV trauma center designation certifies that Riverton Hospital can provide advanced trauma life support to evaluate and stabilize patients before transferring them to a higher-level trauma center, if needed. Level IV trauma centers must also meet strict criteria and be equipped to provide advanced trauma life support at all times.
For patients needing specialized advanced care, Riverton Hospital will rapidly assess and stabilize patients and function as the entry point to Intermountain’s system of integrated specialty care.
“The entire Riverton team has worked diligently to meet all the state requirements,” says Spencer Proctor, MD, trauma medical director at Riverton Hospital. “Our whole community will benefit from this designation.”
Five trauma level designations are recognized. Higher-level facilities, I and II and III, treat more complex patients.