It is imperative that all seriously ill and injured patients be delivered in a timely manner to the closest appropriate facility. There are 48 hospital emergency departments in Maryland. When patients need a higher level of care, MIEMSS has designated nine trauma centers and specialty referral centers including ones for burns, cardiac, spinal cord injuries, pediatrics, eye, hand/upper extremity, hyperbaric, neurotrauma, perinatal, and stroke (primary and comprehensive) centers across the state. Maryland's Trauma and EMS System insures that the patient get to the right facility to receive the right care through the use of statewide medical protocols for EMS clinicians.
Forms, policies, resources, and courses pertaining to Base Station designation.
Information about the eMEDs Hospital Hub portal including FAQs, training, forms, and MOUs.
The MD Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians. These are the Protocols for EMS, effective July 1, 2023.
Information on Hospitals designated as Trauma Centers and Specialty Referral Centers
Information on Hospitals designated as Perinatal and Neonatal Referral Centers
Information on Hospitals designated as Cardiac Intervention Centers
Information on Hospitals designated as Primary, Comprehensive, Acute, and Thrombechtomy-Capable Stroke Centers
The Stroke Smart Resource Center including how to become (and stay) Stroke Smart, Stroke Smart Champion information, and stroke research
Information on Freestanding Emergency Medical Facilities and their designations
MIEMSS created the C4 to facilitate critical care transfers throughout the State of Maryland for patients to receive the "Right Care, at the Right Time, at the Right Place."
MIEMSS closely monitors times on the transfer of care from EMS to hospital staff, and sends weekly reports to 34 Maryland hospitals and freestanding EDs.