Hospital earns designation.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

The Alaska Native Medical Center trauma center was re-verified as a Level II Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons earlier this year. ANMC is Alaska's only designated Level II trauma center. The hospital staff and doctors fulfilled certain requirements to secure the certification. For example, a trauma center must have emergency doctors on hand at all times and surgeons on call and available within 15 minutes. While the majority of ANMC's...