Head Injury

Comprehensive treatment of injuries associated with brain, spine and spinal cord trauma are provided in collaboration with OHSU's emergency physicians, neurosurgeons, trauma service and the neurosciences critical care unit team.

Transfers

If you are a referring provider and would like to transfer an adult or pediatric patient please contact the OHSU and Doernbecher Transfer Center.

Adult

The OHSU trauma service and the neurosciences critical care unit teams work intricately to provide day-to-day management of patients with multi-system trauma that includes isolated traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. OHSU is a Level 1 Trauma center authorized by the Oregon Department of Human Services: health services, emergency medical services and trauma systems to provide tertiary trauma care. OHSU is the only academic Level I trauma center in Oregon serving injured persons throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Pediatric

Acute, operative and follow-up care of brain, spine and peripheral nerve injuries is undertaken by the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Doernbecher Children's Hospital and OHSU, including pediatric neurosurgery, were the lead institution for the creation of national guidelines for clinical care of head injured children, (Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants, Children and Adolescents) which were published as a free download in July 2003 SUPPLEMENT (pp. S1-S75) in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, a publication of the The Society of Critical Care Medicine, (SCCM).

Related Health Topics

Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
Head Injury
Anatomy of the brain
Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants, Children and Adolescents
When to refer a child