Pediatric Trauma

The first and only pediatric trauma center in Lubbock and the region

When your child experiences trauma - Covenant Children's should be your ONLY choice. Covenant Children's operates the region's only pediatric trauma center (level II). We see over 450 pediatric trauma encounters per year. We have a number of specialists -such as pediatric trauma surgeons, pediatric orthopedic surgeons, pediatric neurosurgery physicians, etc. - that are on-call to respond immediately to any trauma needs.

Pediatric trauma patients arrive through our dedicated pediatric emergency department, the first in the region.

Quality Focus

We proudly participate in the Pediatric Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP). The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) has been dedicated to improving the quality of care for injured patients for more than 80 years. Since 2016, the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) has continued this focus on improving quality care by providing validated, risk-adjusted benchmarking for Pediatric trauma centers. The risk-adjusted data, combined with training and collaboration with other TQIP participants, allows TQIP participants to track outcomes and improve patient care.

In 2019, we also made significant investment in our pediatric surgical program via beginning to participate in the American College of Surgeons Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS Pediatric NSQIP^®). Through our Pediatric NSQIP participation we collect highly reliable clinical data that allows us to compare our surgical outcomes with the outcomes of other participants in the program. We are the ONLY Pediatric NSQIP participating facility in our Region. We participate because providing the best possible care your child matters. It matters to us and we know it certainly matters to you.

Leading the Region

Covenant Children's is proud to offer numerous training and education opportunities for providers and facilities in our region. For example, we provide Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course), Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) courses.

We also partner with regional facilities by providing Pedi ED Readiness Assessments, based on national standards, whereby we help evaluate facilities readiness to care for pediatric emergencies. This includes ensuring the facility has appropriate equipment, supplies, policies and procedures, training, etc. Research shows that hospitals that score higher on readiness assessment tools have significantly (~4x) lower mortality than hospitals scoring at the lowest quartile.