LEWISTON, Maine (BDN) — Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston will end its status as a trauma center on Dec. 1, according to Maine Emergency Medical Services.
Maine EMS said in a bulletin issued Nov. 5 that it was notified the hospital will not seek re-verification as a trauma center. Once the change takes effect, CMMC will be classified as a trauma system hospital instead.
After that date, only two hospitals in Maine will hold trauma-center designations: Maine Medical Center in Portland, a Level I regional trauma center, and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, a Level II regional trauma center.
Trauma centers are hospitals equipped to provide a full range of trauma care and support services, according to Maine EMS.
Trauma system hospitals, meanwhile, provide clinical decision-making and trauma care, ensure appropriate consultation, and transfer patients to other facilities when needed.
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Maine Emergency Medical Services and Central Maine Medical Center did not immediately respond to a request for more information.