Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center


Trauma is sudden and unexpected. In critical situations, crucial decisions can make the difference between life and death, between full recovery and partial recovery. The preservation of life depends upon stabilizing the many vital bodily functions during the golden hour, the 60 minutes after an injury. This fight for survival becomes a race against time. Your life and the lives of those you love depend upon knowing where to go for help and to get help fast. As a leader among those who provide care to trauma patients, The Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center helps you put time back on your side.

  • Opened in 1983, the center is one of the five centers of excellence at The MED.


  • The center is a nationally recognized Level 1 trauma center.


  • The center is the third busiest trauma center in the country and has seen more than 65,000 patients since opening.


  • The Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma center is the only one of its kind in the Mid-South covering a 150-mile radius air and ground service area, which includes five states and a population of more than 3 million people.


  • The center treats patients who are critically injured by automobile, home or industrial accidents as well as those who have blunt or penetrating wounds.


  • The center has a team of skilled trauma personnel who treat life-threatening injuries on a daily basis 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


  • The 24-hour trauma team includes trauma surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, CRNA's, medical students, respiratory therapists, orderlies, x-ray and lab technicians.


  • The center has 2 shock trauma rooms for initial assessment of all trauma patients and 13 non-critical assessment and treatment rooms.


  • There are 19 trauma Intensive Care Unit rooms, a dedicated operating room along with surgical suites and a recovery room.


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