To Refer a Patient

Because Thomas Jefferson University Hospital understands that time and appropriate handling during transport are crucial to minimizing spinal cord dysfunction and saving lives, an SCI coordinator is on call 24 hours a day to assist in referring and transporting patients to the Center who are within the first 24 hours of injury.

The RSCICDV Project Office is also available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist in referring those patients to our Center whose injury occurred more than 24 hours from the initial trauma. Also available at Jefferson is JeffSTAT, a specially trained emergency transport team that transfers critically injured patients from other hospitals to Jefferson. Once at Jefferson's Level I Trauma Center, specialized care begins immediately in the Emergency Department with a team of specialists from the RSCICDV, including neurologic, orthopedic and trauma surgeons, rehabilitation medicine specialists and nurses experienced in the care of patients with spinal cord injuries.

To refer a patient to our Center, Call (215) 955-4444