Bayfront resumes trauma status

ST. PETERSBURG -- Bayfront Medical Center has resumed its status as a Level II adult trauma center after a 48-hour voluntary suspension.

Bayfront temporarily diverted trauma victims to Tampa hospitals because of a shortage of neurosurgeons, which are required in trauma centers 24 hours a day. Bayfront resumed its trauma status at 7 a.m.

The diversion applied only to trauma patients transported in the local EMS system. Bayfront continued to treat other patients at its trauma center.

- Times staff writer