Levels of care
Trauma levels
Level I: highest level of care with a full range of specialists and equipment in-house 24/7
Level II: offers specialists on call 24/7 and can transfer to Level I facilities
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Levels of care
Trauma levels
Level I: highest level of care with a full range of specialists and equipment in-house 24/7
Level II: offers specialists on call 24/7 and can transfer to Level I facilities
Level III: offers resources for emergency surgery and intensive care but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues
Level IV: provides initial evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues
Neonatal intensive care unit levels
Level I: newborn nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 35-plus weeks of gestation with routine prenatal problems
Level II: specialty care nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 32-plus weeks of gestation with problems to be resolved rapidly
Level III: neonatal intensive care unit that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages with mild to critical illnesses
Level IV: advanced NICU that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages as well as the most complex, critically ill infants
League City
UTMB Health League City Campus Hospital
Trauma level: III
NICU level: N/A
Number of beds: 119
Number of physicians: 350+ (includes other locations)••Number of nurses: 400+
Webster
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Trauma level: II
NICU level: III
Number of beds: 532
Number of physicians: Not provided
Number of nurses: Not provided
New program or procedure: Raising a Reader program for literacy in early child development
Houston Physicians’ Hospital
Trauma level: Not provided
NICU level: Not provided
Number of beds: Not provided
Number of physicians: Not provided
Number of nurses: Not provided
Kindred Hospital Clear Lake
Trauma level: N/A
NICU level: N/A
Number of beds: 110
Number of physicians: 250+
Number of nurses: 184
UTMB Health Care Clear Lake Hospital
Trauma level: III
NICU level: II
Number of beds: 200
Number of physicians: 350+ (includes other locations)
Number of nurses: 311
Houston
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital
Trauma level: N/A
NICU level: II
Number of beds: 149
Number of physicians: 824
Number of nurses: 402
New program or procedure: Partnership with Axiom Space to provide training and assessments
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
Trauma level: III
NICU level: III
Number of beds: 295
Number of physicians: 1490 (Southeast and Pearland)
Number of nurses: 709
New program or procedure: Mako robotic orthopedic surgery
Pasadena
St. Luke’s Health - Patients Medical Center
Trauma level: N/A
NICU level: N/A
Number of beds: 61
Number of physicians: 315
Number of nurses: 158
New program or procedure: The rehabilitation unit now offers animal-assisted therapy twice a month.
This list is not comprehensive.
