Emergency Medical Services

When lives are on the line, Northeast Ohio trusts MetroHealth.

A Trusted Lifesaving Resource

At MetroHealth, trauma care is more than emergency medicine—it’s a promise. A promise to deliver the highest level of care, the fastest response, and the strongest support from injury through recovery.

When lives are on the line, Northeast Ohio trusts MetroHealth.

Emergency Medical Services Programs

Saving lives through Level I trauma care, rapid emergency response, research, and compassionate healing—providing expert medical leadership when every minute matters.

MetroHealth is a national leader in trauma innovation and education.

MetroHealth delivers nationally recognized trauma care with one of the nation’s lowest mortality rates, providing fast, expert care from emergency response through recovery.

Each year, MetroHealth’s Emergency Departments see over 100,000 patients.

Of those, over 35,000 are transported to us by way of our prehospital partners in EMS, Fire and Police.

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Northeast Ohio's Premier Level I Trauma Center

2025 By the Numbers: MetroHealth consistently reported one of the lowest trauma mortality rates in the nation, according to The Trauma Quality Improvement Program, an initiative of the American College of Surgeons.

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5,409

Patients transported by Metro Life Flight – helicopter and ground ambulance.

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Patients cared for at MetroHealth's Level I Trauma Center

1,693

Trauma patients cared for through our partnership with Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk.

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Trauma-related articles published by MetroHealth researchers in nationally renowned medical journals and other publications.

60%

Of trauma patients were discharged home rather than a rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility – a testament to the level of care we provide.

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Individuals served by our Trauma Recovery Center – 66% of whom are considered victims of crime. This is the only comprehensive, hospital-based Trauma Recovery Center of its kind in Northeast Ohio.

MetroHealth stops internal bleeding after car or motorcycle accidents without surgery more often than comparable trauma center nationwide. And when surgery is the safest option, we get patients into the operating room about 13% faster than the national average – a critical difference when every minute matters.