UPSTATE PEDIATRIC TRAUMA REGION

The CNY Trauma Region itself consists of 14 counties, serving 1.7 million people and in 2021-2022 included transfers from 33 referring hospitals.

According to the NYSDOH, Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center sees among the highest volumes of pediatric patients in the state. In the past two years approximately 7,602 patients aged 0-14 years presented to Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital with an identifiable injury. Of these, 937 were admitted and 1,379 met the specific criteria to be entered in the trauma registry.

As a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Upstate receives patients in need of specialized pediatric services that are not offered at non-trauma centers within the region. In 2021-2022, Upstate received 757 pediatric patients from 33 Outside Hospitals (OSHs), accounting for 55% of the registry entrants. Twelve hospitals in particular accounted for 37% of those transfers.