Tacoma hospitals Flashcards
Tacoma General
315 MLK Jr Way
Mary Bridge Children’s hospital
317 MLK Jr Way
St. Joseph Medical center
1717 S. J street
Allenmore hospital
1901 S. Union Ave
Madigan army medical center
9040A Jackson Ave
(JBLM)
What is the Tacoma Trauma Center?
It’s a partnership between St. Joseph medical center, Tacoma General, and Madigan army medical center to provide uninterrupted level 2 trauma care to the South Puget Sound.
How does the Tacoma Trauma Center function?
Trauma-care duty rotates every 24 hours between St. Joseph Medical Center and Tacoma General. Madigan provides trauma services all the time to serve military personnel and, as needed, to treat injured civilians.
What is the Trauma Trust?
A non-profit organization that is jointly supported by two major independent health care systems in Tacoma, WA. We serve the two hospitals (St. Joseph Medical Center and Tacoma General Hospital) that together comprise the Tacoma Trauma Center.
Trauma Trust also provides trauma education for professionals and injury prevention education for the public.