Santa Clara Valley Medical Center treated more trauma patients than any other hospital in the state last year amid a 35% spike from the previous year.

The medical center in San Jose recorded 5,196 trauma cases in 2024, making it the only hospital in the state to treat over 4,000 trauma patients last year, according to new data from California’s Emergency Medical Services Authority.

The county-owned hospital, which is is one of two Level 1 trauma centers in Santa Clara County that provides care to the most critical patients, had previously ranked third overall the two years prior. The hospital is also the only dual trauma center and certified burn center in the Bay Area, and one of three between Los Angeles and the Oregon state line.

The other Level 1 trauma center in Santa Clara County,

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