Table 1.

Levels of Care for Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Pediatric Trauma Centers

Levels of Pediatric Trauma Care9
Level	Definition
I	Regional resource trauma center
II	Trauma center, may not be able to provide comprehensive care for the most severely injured patients
III	Hospital provides assessment, resuscitation, emergency operations, and stabilization of patients prior to transfer to facility that provides definitive trauma care
IV	Facility provides advanced trauma life support prior to patient transfer
Levels of Neonatal Intensive Care Units10
Level	Definition
I	Basic neonatal care available
II	Specialty neonatal care available, primarily ≥ 1500 grams at birth
III	Subspecialty neonatal care available
IIIA	Hospital or state-mandated restriction on type and/or duration of mechanical ventilation
IIIB	No restriction on mechanical ventilation; no major surgery
IIIC	All surgeries except congenital heart disease repair and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
IIID	All surgeries