TRAUMA SERVICES
Pediatric Trauma Quality Benchmarks: 2025 Riley Children’s outperforms national benchmarks for the following indicators.
Riley Hospital for Children is verified as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). One of a select number of children’s hospitals in the nation to earn this designation, the hospital received its first Level I pediatric trauma center verification in 1993. The most recent reverification was in 2025. The ACS cites the hospital’s robust quality improvement review as one of the strengths of the trauma program at Riley Children’s.
INDICATOR
RILEY HOSPITAL NATIONAL DATA
Blunt splenic injury with splenic preservation
97.1%
95.5%
Time to operative fixation of open tibia shaft fractures greater than 24 hours Time to operative fixation of mid-shaft femur fractures greater than 24 hours Median time to cerebral monitoring for severe traumatic brain injury patients (shortest to longest times)
ACS-verified trauma centers provide:
TOP DISTINCTIONS
0%
5.8%
■ Hospital resources for trauma care
Injury prevention initiatives ■ Stop the Bleed ■ Project ADAM (AED training for sudden cardiac arrest in schools) ■ Child passenger safety program (facilitated by trained child passenger safety technicians) ■ Safe Travel for All Children (adaptive car seats for children with special needs) ■ Helmet safety ■ Concussion awareness
■ First hospital in Indiana to be verified by the ACS as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center ■ Board certified and fellowship- trained pediatric trauma surgeons, critical care medicine physicians, emergency medicine
■ Full spectrum of trauma services from prehospital phase through rehabilitation ■ Injury prevention programs
6.2%
6.4%
2.19 hours (1.55 to 3.53)
3.42 hours (1.97 to 8.12)
physicians, radiologists and anesthesiologists available in-house, 24/7
Skeletal surveys in children less than one year old
77.9%
67.1%
■ Operating rooms staffed 24/7 by a minimum of two in-house teams and three teams on call; dedicated trauma OR ready 24/7 for emergency cases ■ Surgeons and physicians board certified and fellowship trained in pediatric specialties
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
Emergency Radiology: February 2025 Comparison of clinical and abdominal CT imaging findings in children evaluated for abusive and accidental abdominal trauma Pediatrics: June 2025 Reducing computed tomography in pediatric cervical spine clearance: A quality improvement study Pediatric Radiology: August 2025 Costochondral junction variations in children younger than 2 years Resuscitation Plus: September 2025 Measuring ventilation in pediatric simulations using a novel adjustable bag-valve-mask resuscitator: A comparative study with the Butterfly BVM and the traditional Ambu bag The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: September 2025 Variable management of pediatric blunt renal trauma: A multicenter retrospective cohort study Pediatric Radiology: December 2025 Can metaphyseal variations in the distal femurs and proximal tibias be distinguished from classic metaphyseal lesions?
Top 10 Mechanisms of Injury: 2025
Falls 38%
Injured Children Treated at Riley Hospital: 2021 – 2025
Motor vehicle crash 15%
Struck by/against injuries 6% Sports injuries 6%
2,078 2,165
2,067
1,946
1,855
DIRECTOR Matthew P. Landman, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, IU School of Medicine > Connect with Dr. Landman on Doximity. > See directory listing The trauma services team at Riley Children’s includes board certified surgeons from multiple specialties.
Animal injuries 5% Pedestrian injuries 5% Bicycle injuries 4%
Non-accidental trauma 2% Gunshot wounds 2% All-terrain vehicle injuries 3%
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2022
2023
2024
2025
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