Colorado trauma routing

Colorado trauma centers, triage diagrams, and likely crash destinations

CrashStory uses Colorado injury severity, public age buckets, statewide trauma designations, and distance from the crash scene to estimate which hospitals are most plausible after a crash. This guide explains the logic, shows the official triage diagrams, and lets you browse the statewide trauma-center directory.

Facilities in directory

132

Level I + II

Regional trauma (III-V)

Non-designated emergency access

How Colorado destination decisions work

Colorado EMS crews do not simply drive to the closest hospital. The statewide trauma triage algorithms let them bypass a closer facility when a patient meets serious physiologic, anatomic, pediatric, or mechanism-based criteria.

That is why CrashStory does not map every serious crash to the nearest emergency room. For suspected serious injuries, Level I and II trauma centers move to the front of the list. For pediatric major trauma, pediatric-capable trauma centers are weighted first. For minor or possible injuries, the nearest appropriate regional trauma center or emergency department is usually more realistic.

Real-world routing can still change because of RETAC-specific policies, helicopter availability, hospital divert status, or the need to stabilize first at a closer facility. The crash record does not expose those live conditions, so every hospital shown on CrashStory is a likelihood estimate, not a confirmed destination.

Download the source material

State trauma triage exhibits

Adult and pediatric prehospital algorithms

Colorado trauma system rules

Full statewide trauma system rulebook

CDPHE designated trauma facilities

Official statewide directory page

Adult trauma triage algorithm

Pediatric trauma triage algorithm

How CrashStory translates CDOT injury data

K / Fatal

Fatal injury

Used as a signal that the crash involved the highest possible trauma severity. It does not mean the person reached a hospital.

A / Serious

Suspected serious injury

Best public proxy for major trauma. These records are the strongest candidates for bypass to a Level I or II trauma center.

B / Minor

Suspected minor injury

Often points to the nearest appropriate regional trauma center or emergency department, not necessarily the flagship trauma hospital.

C / Possible

Possible injury

Usually not enough by itself to justify a long trauma-center bypass, so the nearest emergency-access facility is the safer assumption.

O / No injury

No reported injury

Generally means no credible ambulance destination can be inferred from crash data alone. Follow-up care may still happen later.

Level I Pediatric Trauma Center

1 facility

Mile-High

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO

13123 EAST 16TH AVENUE | AURORA | ADAMS

Colorado trauma centers, triage diagrams, and likely crash destinations

How Colorado destination decisions work

Download the source material

State trauma triage exhibits

Colorado trauma system rules

CDPHE designated trauma facilities

Adult trauma triage algorithm

Pediatric trauma triage algorithm

How CrashStory translates CDOT injury data

Fatal injury

Suspected serious injury

Suspected minor injury

Possible injury

No reported injury

Level I Pediatric Trauma Center

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO

Level I trauma center

DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER

HCA HEALTHONE SWEDISH

MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES

ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL

UNIVERSITY COLO HEALTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CENTRAL

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (ANSCHUTZ)

Level II trauma center

ADVENTHEALTH LITTLETON

ADVENTHEALTH PARKER

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS

FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL

HCA HEALTHONE AURORA

HCA HEALTHONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE

HCA HEALTHONE SKY RIDGE

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH ST MARY'S REGIONAL HOSPITAL

NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER

PENROSE HOSPITAL

Level III trauma center

ADVENTHEALTH AVISTA

ADVENTHEALTH CASTLE ROCK

ADVENTHEALTH PORTER

ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PLATTE VALLEY HOSPITAL

LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL

LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL

MERCY HOSPITAL

MONTROSE REGIONAL HEALTH

PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, INC

POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL

SAN LUIS VALLEY HEALTH

ST ANTHONY NORTH HOSPITAL

ST ANTHONY SUMMIT HOSPITAL

ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL

ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL

ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL

STERLING REGIONAL MEDCENTER

UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL

UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPTIAL

UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

UNIVERSITY COLO HEALTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH

VAIL HEALTH HOSPITAL

VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Level IV trauma center

ARKANSAS VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

BANNER FORT COLLINS MEDICAL CENTER

DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

EAST MORGAN COUNTY HOSPITAL

FAMILY HEALTH WEST HOSPITAL

GRAND RIVER MEDICAL CENTER

GUNNISON VALLEY HOSPITAL

HCA HEALTHONE CENTENNIAL, A PART OF AURORA HOSP

HCA HEALTHONE PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE'S

HCA HEALTHONE ROSE

HEART OF THE ROCKIES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL

KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

KIT CARSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

LINCOLN HEALTH HOSPITAL

MELISSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE