Iowa Health - Des Moines is now UnityPoint Health - Des Moines

Trauma Services
515-241-4190 (office)


If you are experiencing a life-threatening injury or illness, please call 911.


Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Adult Emergency Department
Level I Trauma Center
515-241-6213


Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Emergency Department
Level IV Trauma Center
515-263-5120


Methodist West Hospital
Emergency Department
Level IV Trauma Center
515-343-1200


Blank Children's Hospital
Emergency Department
Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
515-241-6611

 

Leadership

The Trauma Team at Iowa Methodist and Blank Children's are actively involved in trauma leadership roles across the state and country. Our team has representation on the following teams, committees and/or associations:

  • Iowa State Chair, American College of Surgeon Committee on Trauma
  • Chair, Rural Trauma Team Development Course Committee, American College of Surgeon Committee on Trauma
  • Instructor & Course Director, Advanced Trauma Life Support
  • Instructor, Advanced Trauma Operative Management
  • Instructor & Course Director, Rural Trauma Team Development Course
  • State of Iowa Trauma System Evaluation & Quality Improvement Committee
  • President of the Iowa Trauma Coordinators
  • Society of Trauma Nurses
  • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
  • ENA Representative for the State of Iowa TSAC (Trauma System Advisory Council)
  • State of Iowa Trauma Verification Team
  • Iowa Organization of Nurse Executives
  • ThinkFirst
  • Iowa Falls Coalition Committee