Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa Achieves Trauma Center Designation

Nampa Hospital is the only Trauma Center in Canyon County

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa has been designated a Level IV Trauma Center by the Idaho Time Sensitive Emergency (TSE) Program and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The designation certifies the Nampa hospital is capable of providing advanced trauma life support prior to the transfer of patients to a higher-level trauma center, like Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, which is a Level II Trauma Center.

“A tremendous amount of work and dedication by our entire team went into achieving Level IV Trauma Center designation,” said Travis P. Leach, President of Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa. “We are now the only state-designated Trauma Center in Canyon County, and working in partnership with our Boise hospital, we are able to provide an outstanding continuum of care for victims of any trauma.”

The designation covers three years and reflects the Nampa hospital’s commitment to providing 24-hour evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities for injured patients. Certification as a Trauma Center requires a medical facility have extra staff and capacity in the Emergency Department to respond to trauma cases, as well as have imaging, laboratory, and specialists available 24 hours a day to treat the most severe and critically injured patients.

Last year, Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa opened a new helipad for Life Flight and other medical transport aircraft, allowing for the more timely transport of patients to and from the Nampa hospital.

All four hospitals in the Saint Alphonsus Health System now have been designated as Trauma Centers: Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise is the region’s only Level II Trauma Center, and has been designated and certified by Idaho Time Sensitive Emergency and the American College of Surgeons; Nampa has received its Level IV designation by Idaho TSE, and both Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario and Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City have been designated as Level 4 Trauma Centers by the Oregon Trauma Program.