Welcome
Welcome to the Children's Major Trauma Centre
In May 2014 the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children was
designated as the Children's Major Trauma Centre for the
south west of England. This means
that the hospital has all the necessary specialities
and teams in order to look after the most severely injured
children.
If a child under the age of 16 experiences a serious
injury within the south west of England
they will be taken as quickly and as safely as possibly to the
Children's Major Trauma Centre in Bristol. This may be by
land ambulance or by air ambulance in a
helicopter.
There are approximately 810,000 children under the age of
16 living within the south west of
England and the Major Trauma service treats approximately 200
patients a year with a range of injuries caused by a
variety of mechanisms.
