Winter 2021 Edition

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2020, trauma hospital admissions have increased 31 percent at an already high-volume Level I trauma center at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, says Michelle McNutt, MD, associate professor of surgery and chief of trauma in the division of acute care surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, and the Trauma Medical Director of the Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.

On September 11, 2020, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital hosted a ceremony to honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement, military, fire fighters and first responders, past and present, including the hospital’s EMS partners and the three HFD firefighters who lost their lives to COVID-19. The event, held in the hospital’s parking lot, included a leadership welcome, presentation of the flags, presentation of plaques to the ten EMS agencies in attendance, and moments of silence to pay tribute to the victims and to honor the survivors of the September 11 attacks.

We are proud to announce that Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital has been designated as a Level 3 Trauma Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services after consistently demonstrating its ability to provide advanced trauma life support, evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic services. This designation advanced Memorial Hermann Katy from a Level 4 to a Level 3 Trauma Center.

The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK), which includes the Injury Prevention team from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann, along with faculty from McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), participated in the first National Injury Prevention Day on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.