RED DUKE TRAUMA INSTITUTE
at MEMORIAL HERMANN - TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
The Red Duke Trauma Institute is a designated Level I Trauma Center built on a foundation of a long-term collaboration between the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Campus and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. This means we provide the highest level of comprehensive care for all aspects of injury for adult and children patients.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Different emergencies require different levels of care. Around the clock, Memorial Hermann offers a network of Emergency Centers located across the Greater Houston area, from The Woodlands to Humble, from Sugar Land to League City. The Level I Trauma Center at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center carries the highest designation of any emergency care facility for treating critically ill or injured adults and children. Memorial Hermann Life Flight® provides air ambulance emergency transport within a 150-mile radius of Houston.
Memorial Hermann Emergency Centers offer care 24/7 and are equipped and staffed for complex or critical needs, including life- and limb-threatening situations. Some symptoms best evaluated in an emergency room include chest pain, sudden shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, severe abdominal pain, fainting or head injury with loss of consciousness or disorientation, serious burn or major fracture. If you need immediate attention, dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room immediately.
24/7 EMERGENCY CARE
Memorial Hermann offers emergency and trauma care for the critically ill and injured. The Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, our Level I Trauma Center, offers the highest level of trauma care for adults and children. All Memorial Hermann Emergency Centers throughout the Greater Houston area are fully equipped and staffed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians and specially trained nurses and staff experienced in delivering emergency care.
Memorial Hermann Emergency Centers offer 20 convenient locations throughout the Greater Houston area including Spring, Cypress, Katy, Southwest, Pearland, Southeast, Memorial City and Greater Heights.
MEMORIAL HERMANN LIFE FLIGHT
Memorial Hermann Life Flight is a critical care air medical transport service that quickly and safely transports patients who require immediate or critical medical care. Life Flight offers life-saving transport services within a 150-mile radius of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, weather permitting.