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2 Omaha Hospitals to Resume Schedule for Trauma Patients

UNMCOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Fire Department has resumed its odd-even schedule for transporting critically ill or injured people to Omaha’s two Level 1 hospital trauma centers.

The department said in a news release that the schedule resumed at noon Monday for Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center. Creighton had been out of the rotation since January, when the state didn’t certify the hospital’s emergency room for patients requiring Level 1 care. Trauma centers treat people who require immediate and intensive attention, and Level 1 patients may need resuscitation or establishment of an airway.

Creighton learned Friday that it had been given the certification.

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