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65-513: The Guthrie Troy Community Hospital is a community hospital and Level IV Trauma Center in Troy, Pennsylvania . The first hospital was built in 1950 as a 13-bed osteopathic facility. However, its history goes back 6 years before to a remodeled house on King Street opened by Dr. Lawrence Brown, a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine , and Dr. C. H. Couch. A new hospital,

130-701: A $ 329 million ambulatory care center. The university is served by the University Center/Baltimore Street station of the Baltimore Light Rail system, which is at the eastern edge of campus. The Orange Route of the free Charm City Circulator provides service to both the BioPark and through the UMB campus to the Inner Harbor and points east. The university is also served by Camden Station , which connects

195-546: A Level III trauma center. It provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities, and transfer to a higher level of care. It may also provide surgery and critical-care services, as defined in the scope of services for trauma care. A trauma-trained nurse is immediately available, and physicians are available upon the patient's arrival in the Emergency Department. Transfer agreements exist with other trauma centers of higher levels, for use when conditions warrant

260-524: A combined $ 1.1 billion on research and development in 2019, ranking it 14th overall in the nation and 8th among all public institutions. The University of Maryland, Baltimore was founded in 1807 as the Maryland College of Medicine. In 1812, it was rechartered as the University of Maryland and given the authority to establish additional faculties in law, divinity, and arts and sciences. The faculty of law

325-465: A day at the hospital: Key elements include 24‑hour in‑house coverage by general surgeons and prompt availability of care in varying specialties—such as orthopedic surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , neurosurgery , plastic surgery , anesthesiology , emergency medicine , radiology , internal medicine , otolaryngology , oral and maxillofacial surgery , and critical care , which are needed to adequately respond and care for various forms of trauma that

390-558: A deadly weapon. In the United States, Robert J. Baker and Robert J. Freeark established the first civilian Shock Trauma Unit at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois on March 16, 1966. The concept of a shock trauma center was also developed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore , in the 1950s and 1960s by thoracic surgeon and shock researcher R Adams Cowley , who founded what became

455-401: A five-story building. In March, 2015, it opened the new Innovation Space designed for innovative and collaborative hands-on learning experience with 3D printers and 3D scanners. The Thurgood Marshall Law Library , named for Baltimore native and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall , is the law library for the University of Maryland School of Law . The Marshall Law Library is found inside

520-632: A leading expert on the Fourth Amendment and criminal appellate practice. Established in 1807 as the College of Medicine of Maryland, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMB SOM) was the first public medical school in the United States and it is the fifth oldest medical school in the country. The campus includes Davidge Hall , designed by Robert Cary Long, Sr. in the style of the Pantheon in Rome , which

585-432: A patient may suffer, as well as provide rehabilitation services. Most Level I trauma centers are teaching hospitals/campuses. Additionally, a Level I center has a program of research, is a leader in trauma education and injury prevention, and is a referral resource for communities in nearby regions. A Level II trauma center works in collaboration with a Level I center. It provides comprehensive trauma care and supplements

650-417: A transfer. A Level V trauma center provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities, and transfer to a higher level of care. They may provide surgical and critical-care services, as defined in the service's scope of trauma care services. A trauma-trained nurse is immediately available, and physicians are available upon patient arrival in the emergency department. If not open 24 hours daily,

715-432: A traumatic injury and arrange for transfer of the patient to a higher level of trauma care. The operation of a trauma center is often expensive and some areas may be underserved by trauma centers because of that expense. As there is no way to schedule the need for emergency services, patient traffic at trauma centers can vary widely. A trauma center may have a helipad for receiving patients that have been airlifted to

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780-519: Is a specialty unto itself. Adult trauma surgeons are not generally specialized in providing surgical trauma care to children and vice versa, and the difference in practice is significant. In contrast to adult trauma centers, pediatric trauma centers only have two ratings, either level I or level II. University of Maryland, Baltimore The University of Maryland, Baltimore ( UMB ) is a public university in Baltimore , Maryland . Founded in 1807, it

845-492: Is buried. It is the only law school in the United States with a famous author buried on its campus. The former restored church building, now known as Westminster Hall is used for campus events and lectures and is often requested for wedding and other social ceremonies. The University of Maryland School of Law was ranked 48th among law schools according to the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report law school rankings and

910-676: Is closely affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System . It houses the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences (PTRS), the Department of Medical and Research Technology (DMRT), and two research institutes, the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) and the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS). It also offers PhD programs through the Graduate Program in Life Sciences and several combined degree programs:

975-572: Is entitled to use the "University of Maryland" name in recognition of their shared history. While both schools are institutions which belong to the University System of Maryland, neither is a part of the other. The University of Maryland, Baltimore is also often mistaken for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Baltimore (UB) which are separate University System of Maryland institutions in Catonsville (outside

1040-743: Is limited to confirming and reporting on any given hospital's ability to comply with the ACS standard of care known as Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient. The Trauma Information Exchange Program (TIEP) is a program of the American Trauma Society in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . TIEP maintains an inventory of trauma centers in

1105-508: Is one of the oldest and largest nursing schools in the United States . In the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine, the University of Maryland School of Nursing was ranked 6th nationally. The UMSON building, which opened in November 1998, shares an urban 32-acre (130,000 m ) campus on the west side of downtown Baltimore with five nearby professional schools — Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Social Work — as well as

1170-588: Is part of the University System of Maryland. In 2012, the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the flagship University of Maryland, College Park united under the MPowering the State initiative to leverage the strengths of both institutions. The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Act of 2016 officially formalized the partnership. According to the National Science Foundation , the university spent

1235-485: Is relatively little confusion resulting from the shared name because the University of Maryland, College Park, offers largely research-oriented graduate programs and houses fewer professional schools. The University of Maryland, Baltimore, does not offer NCAA sports. Although this university mainly offers graduate and professional study, it also offers a few undergraduate courses, which include nursing, dental hygiene , and medical technology. By law and tradition, each school

1300-489: Is the fourth oldest school of pharmacy in the nation and was the first pharmacy school established in Maryland. The School of Pharmacy comprises three departments, Pharmacy Practice and Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. The school admitted 11.4% of applicants for the 2006–2007 school year. According to the most recent pharmacy school rankings, The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

1365-466: Is the second oldest college in Maryland and comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland and has a strategic partnership with the University of Maryland, College Park . Located on 71 acres (0.29 km ) on the west side of downtown Baltimore, it

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1430-407: Is the third-oldest law school in the nation. It was founded by David Hoffman, who authored a comprehensive course of legal study that had a lasting influence on other law school programs around the country and led to the development of legal ethics programs and responsibilities. The law school moved to a new building of English Tudor Revival architecture replacing its earlier modernistic structure on

1495-662: The Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay , as well as all of Maryland's community colleges. To provide clinical programs for students, UMSON maintains affiliations with more than 300 hospitals and health care agencies throughout Maryland. The University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum , which opened in October 1999, examines the history of the nursing profession from its earliest days to present day. The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy , founded in 1841,

1560-655: The National Health Service in its formation in July 1948 and closed in 1993. The NHS now has 27 major trauma centres established across England , four in Scotland , and one planned in Wales . According to the CDC , injuries are the leading cause of death for American children and young adults ages 1–19. The leading causes of trauma are motor vehicle collisions, falls, and assaults with

1625-567: The Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore , Maryland , on July 1, 1966. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center is one of the first shock trauma centers in the world. Cook County Hospital in Chicago trauma center (opened in 1966). David R. Boyd interned at Cook County Hospital from 1963 to 1964 before being drafted into the Army of the United States of America . Upon his release from the Army, Boyd became

1690-450: The University of Maryland Medical System (formerly University of Maryland Hospital) and the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center . UMSON has pioneered the first nursing informatics program in the world and the nation's first nursing health policy program. More than 20 specialties are offered at the graduate level, including trauma/critical-care, oncology, gerontology, psychiatric/mental health nursing, and nursing administration. In 1999,

1755-559: The ACS. These levels may range from Level I to Level IV. Some hospitals are less-formally designated Level V. The ACS does not officially designate hospitals as trauma centers. Numerous U.S. hospitals that are not verified by ACS claim trauma center designation. Most states have legislation that determines the process for designation of trauma centers within that state. The ACS describes this responsibility as "a geopolitical process by which empowered entities, government or otherwise, are authorized to designate." The ACS's self-appointed mission

1820-788: The BC area, "Each year, Fraser Health treats almost 130,000 trauma patients as part of the integrated B.C. trauma system". In the United States, trauma centers are ranked by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) or local state governments, from Level I (comprehensive service) to Level III (limited-care). The different levels refer to the types of resources available in a trauma center and the number of patients admitted yearly. These are categories that define national standards for trauma care in hospitals . Level I and Level II designations are also given adult or pediatric designations. Additionally, some states have their own trauma-center rankings separate from

1885-725: The City of Baltimore) and Downtown Baltimore , respectively. The campus is composed of 58 buildings located near Camden Yards , the Baltimore Convention Center , and Baltimore's famous Lexington Market . Construction on a new 114,000-square-foot (10,600 m ) campus center began at the start of 2007 and opened in August 2009 as the Southern Management Corporation Campus Center (SMC Center). The SMC ` Center contains dining facilities, meeting locations and

1950-631: The Health Sciences & Human Services Library (HS/HSL) and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. UMB's Health Sciences & Human Services Library (HS/HSL) was founded in 1813 from the collection of Doctor John Crawford, a former British naval surgeon. Dr. Crawford's initial donation of books remains within the library's Historical Collections department as the Crawford Collection (comprising some 569 items). The first location of

2015-784: The MD/PhD MSTP ( Medical Scientist Training Program ), the MD/MPH ( Master of Public Health ), and an MD/ MS Tooltip Master of Science in Public Health . In a 2011 article in Forbes magazine, Steven Salzberg criticized the school's inclusion of pseudoscientific subjects such as homeopathy in the curriculum. According to Salzberg, the school is "mis-training medical students" by teaching courses in integrative medicine . The University of Maryland School of Nursing ( UMSON ), founded in 1889 by Florence Nightingale -trained nurse Louisa Parsons ,

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2080-477: The Maryland General Assembly. Its principal founders were Drs. Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris. It was the first school in the world to offer a science-based curriculum in dentistry. It currently ranks among top 10 in the nation to receive NIH research funding. The school moved to a new building in October 2006. The new building, located adjacent to the old one on Baltimore Street, offers some of

2145-506: The School of Nursing became the only school in Maryland to offer a midwifery program, pre-accredited by the American College of Nurse Midwives . Nurse practitioner options are also offered in family, pediatrics, women's health, neonatal intensive care, adult primary care, acute care and geriatrics. Programs include the second bachelor's degree option, the RN to BSN online program, the RN to MS program,

2210-516: The Troy Community Hospital, was planned and opened in 1950 on Elmira Street. It expanded 6 years later to 72 beds with 12 bassinets and was located at 100 John Street. The hospital became part of Guthrie in 1984 and achieved Critical Access Hospital status in 2003. In 2013, a new 25 bed facility was built with an on-site helipad. The hospital won the 2017 Women's Choice Award for Emergency Care. Level IV Trauma Center In

2275-526: The US, collects data and develops information related to the causes, treatment and outcomes of injury, and facilitates the exchange of information among trauma care institutions, care providers, researchers, payers and policymakers. [REDACTED] A trauma center is a hospital that is designated by a state or local authority or is verified by the American College of Surgeons. A Level I trauma center provides

2340-492: The United States, a hospital can receive trauma center status by meeting specific criteria established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and passing a site review by the Verification Review Committee. Official designation as a trauma center is determined by individual state law provisions. Trauma centers vary in their specific capabilities and are identified by "Level" designation, Level I (Level-1) being

2405-405: The University System of Maryland; University of Maryland School of Law alumni; attorneys; and members of the general public. The professional schools housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, may also simply use the name "University of Maryland" when describing themselves even though the University of Maryland, College Park , also refers to itself simply as the University of Maryland. There

2470-607: The campus and into surrounding neighborhoods. In 2021, the University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department was awarded the prestigious International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/Walmart Leadership in Community Policing Award for a midsize agency. The department was also awarded the 2020 Maryland Chiefs of Police Association's Exceptional Police Performance by a Unit/Team/Collaboration Award for their Community Outreach and Support Team (COAST). The UMB Police Department Community Outreach and Support Team (COAST)

2535-556: The campus by MARC Train to the University of Maryland, College Park and Union Station in Washington, D.C. Starting with the 2012–2013 school year, the university launched a new shuttle bus service for university students, staff, and faculty and University of Maryland Medical Center employees free of charge. The shuttle runs 3 routes from the university to West Baltimore (the BioPark center), Federal Hill, and Mount Vernon. The shuttle will discontinue its current service after summer 2019;

2600-401: The campus's gymnasium and recreation facility, URecFit. UMB has also recently undertaken a vast west campus expansion. This 10-acre (40,000 m ) project, known as BioPark, created ten new buildings containing a total of 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m ) of classroom, lab, and office space. In addition, University of Maryland Medical System cleared a downtown site for the construction of

2665-467: The clinical expertise of a Level I institution. It provides 24-hour availability of all essential specialties, personnel, and equipment. Oftentimes, level II centers possess critical care services capable of caring for almost all injury types indefinitely. Minimum volume requirements may depend on local conditions. Such institutions are not required to have an ongoing program of research or a surgical residency program. A Level III trauma center does not have

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2730-481: The country and have become therapists, community organizers, and managers. In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 21st in the nation for social work. The Graduate School was founded in 1918. It offers 43 degree programs in total and oversees the partnership between UMB and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with additional programs that span across both institutions. The University of Maryland, Baltimore has two main libraries on its campus:

2795-441: The facility must have an after-hours trauma response protocol. A facility can be designated an adult trauma center, a pediatric trauma center, or an adult and pediatric trauma center. If a hospital provides trauma care to both adult and pediatric patients, the level designation may not be the same for each group. For example, a Level I adult trauma center may also be a Level II pediatric trauma center because pediatric trauma surgery

2860-614: The first hospital to be established specifically to treat injured rather than ill patients, was the Birmingham Accident Hospital , which opened in Birmingham , England in 1941 after a series of studies found that the treatment of injured persons within England was inadequate. By 1947, the hospital had three trauma teams , each including two surgeons and an anaesthetist, and a burns team with three surgeons. The hospital became part of

2925-496: The first shock-trauma fellow at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and then went on to develop the National System for Emergency Medical Services , under President Ford . In 1968 the American Trauma Society was created by various co-founders, including R Adams Cowley and Rene Joyeuse as they saw the importance of increased education and training of emergency providers and for nationwide quality trauma care. According to

2990-734: The founder of the Trauma Unit at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto , Ontario, Marvin Tile , "the nature of injuries at Sunnybrook has changed over the years. When the trauma centre first opened in 1976, about 98 per cent of patients suffered from blunt-force trauma caused by accidents and falls. Now, as many as 20 per cent of patients arrive with gunshot and knife wounds". Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia , located at Royal Columbian Hospital and Abbotsford Regional Hospital, services

3055-426: The full availability of specialists but has resources for emergency resuscitation, surgery, and intensive care of most trauma patients. A Level III center has transfer agreements with Level I or Level II trauma centers that provide back-up resources for the care of patients with exceptionally severe injuries, such as multiple trauma. A Level IV trauma center exists in some states in which the resources do not exist for

3120-533: The highest and Level III (Level-3) being the lowest (some states have four or five designated levels). The highest levels of trauma centers have access to specialist medical and nursing care, including emergency medicine , trauma surgery , critical care , neurosurgery , orthopedic surgery , anesthesiology , and radiology , as well as a wide variety of highly specialized and sophisticated surgical and diagnostic equipment. Lower levels of trauma centers may be able to provide only initial care and stabilization of

3185-412: The highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. Being treated at a Level I trauma center can reduce mortality by 25% compared to a non-trauma center. It has a full range of specialists and equipment available 24 hours a day and admits a minimum required annual volume of severely injured patients. A Level I trauma center is required to have a certain number of the following people on duty 24 hours

3250-529: The hospital. In some cases, persons injured in remote areas and transported to a distant trauma center by helicopter can receive faster and better medical care than if they had been transported by ground ambulance to a closer hospital that does not have a designated trauma center. Trauma centres grew into existence out of the realisation that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialised and experienced multidisciplinary treatment and specialised resources. The world's first trauma centre,

3315-406: The law school's building, accessible through the main entrance. The Thurgood Marshall Law Library contains over 400,000 volumes of Anglo-American legal materials as well as outstanding international and foreign law collections. Extensive collections of both primary sources and secondary materials such as treatises are available. The library is open to all faculty, staff and students on the campuses of

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3380-502: The library was the Provost's Office within the original medical school building, now known as Davidge Hall . Under the leadership of its first official library, Dr. Eugene F. Cordell (who served as library director from 1903 to 1913), the library grew rapidly, incorporating book collections from the schools of pharmacy and dentistry, and moving into its own building, a former church on the southeast corner of Lombard and Green Streets. The church

3445-424: The newest facilities and technologies in the world for education and patient care. The cost of construction and equipment was over US$ 140 million, the highest spent by the state of Maryland on an academic building. The University of Maryland School of Law opened in 1816 as the "Maryland Law Institute" "in a spacious and commodious building on South Street, near Market street." (later renamed East Baltimore Street) It

3510-687: The post-baccalaureate entry option into the PhD program, and the MS/MBA and PhD/MBA programs offered in conjunction with the University of Baltimore ; Frostburg State University ; and the Robert H. Smith School of Business , at the University of Maryland, College Park . Partnership programs for BSN completion join the School of Nursing with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County , the University of Maryland, College Park , Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland , on

3575-499: The same jurisdiction and authority as Baltimore Police officers throughout the campus of the university. The UMB Police Department is composed of both sworn police officers and unarmed security officers who are located in University-owned buildings to control access to the buildings and for other security purposes. The UMB Police Department also provides Safe Walk and Safe Ride services to students and university personnel throughout

3640-430: The same site at the northwest corner of West Baltimore and North Paca Streets in 2002, adjacent to the site to the north of the old Westminster Presbyterian Church and old Western Burying Grounds facing West Fayette and North Greene Streets (first laid out in 1787, on which the later church was built on top of resting on brick arched piers in 1852), the cemetery where the famous poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

3705-538: The state's land grant college , became part of a larger University of Maryland with the graduate level professional schools on the westside of downtown Baltimore. In 1970, the General Assembly of Maryland (state legislature) established a five-campus University of Maryland network comprising the with a system-wide president located in College Park and a chancellor in charge of each campus; in 1988 this institution

3770-582: The university is currently exploring transportation alternatives. The university is protected through the University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department. The UMB Police Department is a state- and nationally accredited police agency providing law enforcement services to the UMB campus and surrounding communities. Through an agreement signed between the UMB Police Department and the Baltimore Police Department , UMB Police officers have

3835-409: Was also ranked among the top 10 programs for health law, clinical law and environmental law. The School of Law's students' undergraduate median GPA is a 3.47 and median Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score is a 158. It admits 52.4% of applicants. The law school takes about 225 full-time day students and about 50 evening students per year. The current Dean of the School of Law is Renée Hutchins,

3900-466: Was built in 1812 at the northeast corner of West Lombard and South Greene Streets, on the west side of downtown Baltimore, and is the oldest building in continuous use for medical education in the Hemisphere. UMB SOM was ranked 27th in U.S. News & World Report magazine ' s 2022 rankings of "Best Medical Schools: Research" and 12th in "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care". The School of Medicine

3965-563: Was created in 2018 by previous UMB Police Chief Alice Cary. The department is the third university police department in the country to welcome a comfort k-9, Officer Lexi and only one of two university Police Athletics/Activities Leagues (PAL) in the country. The department is a leader in homeless outreach and crisis intervention, working with the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) to redirect low-level drug offenders into treatment. In Fall 2021, student interns from

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4030-651: Was founded in 1816, though it operated intermittently until 1868. The faculty of arts and sciences known as the Baltimore College for undergraduates also operated intermittently in the early 19th century. From 1907 to 1920, St. John's College in Annapolis functioned as the University of Maryland's faculty of arts and sciences; this loose federation was dissolved in 1920 when the Maryland State College , (the former Maryland Agricultural College ), founded 1856, as

4095-479: Was later razed in 1957 to make way for a new library that began construction in 1958 and opened in 1960. The library has since moved, in 1998, into a large modern building. The HS/HSL offers 45 group study rooms, 3 computer classrooms, several conference rooms with the web conferencing capability, and the Presentation Practice Studio, in addition to many study carrels and a number of public computers in

4160-464: Was merged with the State University and College System of Maryland (of former normal and state teachers colleges, now wider liberal arts schools since the 1960s) to form the new University System of Maryland . The University of Maryland School of Dentistry was the first dental school in the world. Founded in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (BCDS), it was chartered by an act of

4225-525: Was ranked 9th among pharmacy schools in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report. The University of Maryland School of Social Work is a top program in social work education. Graduates of the School of Social Work have become policymakers at all levels of government, from the U.S. Senate to the state and federal courts, to the State Department and departments of social services. Graduates also work as educators and researchers at universities across

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