When seconds count, Grandville Trauma Center stands ready to meet the needs of critically ill or injured patients, providing resuscitation, emergency surgery, diagnostic and medical treatment, and intensive care to trauma victims from across the region. Grandville Trauma Center is for the specific purpose of improving care for patients with severe and multi-system injuries. Our multidisciplinary trauma team is equipped to offer the entire range of services needed in the management of seriously ill and/or injured patients 24/7.
Our trauma team includes the following areas of expertise:
- Emergency physicians
- Trauma surgeons and midlevel trauma providers
- Surgical critical care
- Neurosurgeons
- Orthopedic trauma
- Anesthesiologists
- Radiology
- Operating room
- PARU
- Neuro-Trauma-Surgical ICU
- Rehabilitation (including therapists)
- Surgical floors
- Blood bank, and other surgical sub-specialists, along with nursing and staff expertise in trauma care in the emergency department
- Social work, case management, behavioral health assessment teams
- Pastoral care
Grandville Trauma Center is dedicated to providing a trauma care through quality improvement programs, trauma prevention, and continuing education by providing the following:
- Immediate and timely availability of specialized surgeons, physician specialists and support staff on a 24-hour basis
- Trauma education and outreach programs
- Injury prevention programs
- Quality assurance/performance improvement initiatives
- Trauma registry
What is considered a trauma?
The most common trauma cases in Nigeria are:
- Motor vehicle crashes
- Industrial accidents
- Falls
- Violence