Lake Huron Medical Center (LHMC) has recently received a Level III trauma center designation from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. With this designation, Lake Huron Medical Center now has the ability to treat patients with more serious, possibly life-threatening injuries. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Level III trauma centers can provide prompt assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and more through an organized trauma response. In Michigan, the trauma center designation process is voluntary on the part of the hospital to obtain, intended to identify those hospitals that make a commitment to provide a higher level of care for multiple injured patients and who welcome public acknowledgment of that capability. Prior to this official rating, Lake Huron Medical Center did have a provisional status, but have now officially been designated.
