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The responsibility and the challenge for every Trauma System Hospital is to provide effective and efficient clinical decision-making and trauma care, assure appropriate consultation and, when required, effect appropriate transfer to other facilities. The commitment of the Trauma System Hospital is to participate in the TAC Trauma Technical Assistance Program, and develop its own "Guide to Trauma Care in the Emergency Department" (with the assistance of MEMS staff to the Program) at least once every five years. It will also commit to participate in Regional Trauma Center outreach programs when they are offered. The reward for participation will be inclusion in a coordinated, approved system of care, patient outcome analysis, performance-based continuing education, and community recognition as a portal to a statewide System of trauma care resources.Other features of this commitment include:
- A functioning Emergency Department staffed with physicians or physician-extenders who regularly participate in trauma care continuing education, and participate effectively in the Maine EMS system of prehospital medical direction;
- Communication technology enabling effective and efficient medical direction of EMS personnel, and communications with specialty transport and trauma consulting resources (including tele-trauma systems when they are made available);
- A person designated as the primary Trauma System Hospital contact to work with the Maine EMS Regional Trauma Coordinator and State Trauma System Manager; and
- A commitment to Trauma System integration, participation in outreach educational and performance improvement programs and allowing quality improvement review of process and outcome of patient clinical interactions.
Maine EMS Trauma System Operations Manual (PDF)
Maine Trauma Advisory Committee Bylaws (PDF) (9/30/2022)
Maine State Trauma Advisory Committee (TAC) Statute (MRS Title 32, §87-A) (PDF)
Maine State Trauma Registry Statute (MRS Title 32, §87-B) (PDF)
Mild TBI Guidelines +
- Mild TBI Transfer Guidelines with Dr. Guy Nuki (Youtube Video) (8/2020)
- Mild TBI Management Guidelines with Dr. Amy Fenwick (Youtube Video) (11/2020)
- Mild TBI Guidelines (PDF) (2019)
- Mild TBI Guidelines Sample Order Set (PDF) (2019)
Contact Information
The following is contact information for general administrative purposes, and for the purpose of consulting Trauma Center staff for the care and possible referral of trauma patients.
Administrative Contacts:
For Trauma Technical Assistance Program, Trauma Advisory Committee, and other statewide Trauma System Issues:
- Trauma System Manager: Kate Zimmerman, DO, 207-626-3860
- Maine EMS Staff Representative: Marc Minkler, 207-626-3860, marc.a.minkler@maine.gov
Regional Trauma Coordinators
For trauma service matters at their respective Regional Trauma Centers, outreach visits, feedback on referred patients, and trauma data for facilities in that general Trauma Center region:
- Tammy Lachance, RN, Central Maine Medical Center - see contact information below
- Pret Bjorn, RN, Eastern Maine Medical Center - see contact information below
- Julie Ontengco, DNP, Maine Medical Center - see contact information below
Regional Trauma Centers: Consultation and Transfer Contacts
(Including administrative, patient follow-up, and other purposes as specified below):
Note: On December 16, 2021, Maine EMS released the following Clinical Bulletin regarding changes to trauma services at Central Maine Medical Center. For any questions, please contact Maine EMS
- 2021-12-16-01 Trauma Care at CMMC (PDF) (12/16/21)
In contacting any of the three regional trauma centers for clinical consultation or patient transfer, you should contact the “one call” numbers listed below to request the trauma service or other service as specified:
- Central Maine Medical Center:
- For consult or transfer, call “CMMC Connect” at 207-795-7525
- For consult or transfer, call “CMMC Connect” at 207-795-7525
- Eastern Maine Medical Center
- For consult or transfer, call 207-973-9000 or 1-877-EMMC NOW (1-877-366-2669)
- For consult or transfer, call 207-973-9000 or 1-877-EMMC NOW (1-877-366-2669)
- Maine Medical Center:
- For consult or transfer call “MMC One Call” at 866-662-6632.
Hospitals Eligible for Trauma System Hospital Designation and Their Designation Status
All Maine hospitals are eligible for trauma system hospital designation. The dates listed below are for the most recent designation as Trauma System Hospital following a Technical Assistance visit. This list is current as of November 29, 2023
MEMS Region | Facility | TAC Visit | Designation | City/Town | County | Zip |
1 | Bridgton Hospital | 2012 | Trauma System Hospital | Bridgton | Cumberland | 04009 |
1 | Maine Medical Center | ACS Level I | Regional Trauma Center | Portland | Cumberland | 04101 |
1 | MidCoast Hospital | 2019 | Trauma System Hospital | Brunswick | Cumberland | 04011 |
1 | Northern Light Mercy Hospital | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Portland | Cumberland | 04101 |
1 | Southern Maine Hospital Center - Biddeford | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Biddeford | York | 04005 |
1 | Southern Maine Hospital Center - Sanford | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Sanford | York | 04073 |
1 | York Hospital | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | York | York | 03909 |
2 | Central Maine Medical Center | ACS Level III | Regional Trauma Center | Lewiston | Androscoggin | 04240 |
2 | Franklin Memorial Hospital | 2003 | Trauma System Hospital | Farmington | Franklin | 04938 |
2 | Rumford Community Hospital | 2019 | Trauma System Hospital | Rumford | Oxford | 04276 |
2 | St. Mary's Regional Medical Center | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Lewiston | Androscoggin | 04240 |
2 | Stephens Memorial Hospital | 2021 | Trauma System Hospital | Norway | Oxford | 04268 |
3 | Maine General - Alfond | 2012 | Trauma System Hospital | Augusta | Kennebec | 04330 |
3 | Maine General - Thayer | 2010 | Trauma System Hospital | Waterville | Kennebec | 04901 |
3 | Northern Light Inland Hospital | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Waterville | Kennebec | 04901 |
3 | Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital | 2005 | Trauma System Hospital | Pittsfield | Somerset | 04967 |
3 | Reddington-Fairview General Hospital | 2018 | Trauma System Hospital | Skowhegan | Somerset | 04976 |
4 | Calais Regional Hospital | 2019 | Trauma System Hospital | Calais | Washington | 04619 |
4 | Down East Community Hospital | 2012 | Trauma System Hospital | Machias | Washington | 04654 |
4 | Millinocket Regional Hospital | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Millinocket | Penobscot | 04462 |
4 | Mount Desert Island Hospital | 2004 | Trauma System Hospital | Bar Harbor | Hancock | 04609 |
4 | Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital | 2004 | Trauma System Hospital | Blue Hill | Hancock | 04614 |
4 | Northern Light C.A. Dean Memorial Hospital | 2004 | Trauma System Hospital | Greenville | Piscataquis | 04441 |
4 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | ACS Level II | Regional Trauma Center | Bangor | Penobscot | 04401 |
4 | Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital | 2009 | Trauma System Hospital | Ellsworth | Hancock | 04605 |
4 | Northern Light Mayo Regional Hospital | 2012 | Trauma System Hospital | Dover-Foxcroft | Piscataquis | 04426 |
4 | Penobscot Valley Hospital | 2008 | Trauma System Hospital | Lincoln | Penobscot | 04457 |
4 | St. Joseph Hospital | 1995 | Trauma System Hospital | Bangor | Penobscot | 04401 |
5 | Cary Medical Hospital | 2014 | Trauma System Hospital | Caribou | Aroostook | 04736 |
5 | Houlton Regional Hospital | 2004 | Trauma System Hospital | Houlton | Aroostook | 04730 |
5 | Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital | 2006 | Trauma System Hospital | Presque Isle | Aroostook | 04769 |
5 | Northern Maine Medical Center | 2021 | Trauma System Hospital | Fort Kent | Aroostook | 04743 |
6 | Lincoln Health - Miles Campus | 2006 | Trauma System Hospital | Damariscotta | Lincoln | 04543 |
6 | Penobscot Bay Medical Center | 2019 | Trauma System Hospital | Rockport | Knox | 04856 |
6 | Waldo County General Hospital | 2009 | Trauma System Hospital | Belfast | Waldo | 04915 |