Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is an ACS-Verified Level II Trauma Center serving injured patients throughout northern and eastern Maine. In addition to its primary service area in and around greater Bangor, EMMC regularly receives transfers from more than twenty community hospitals across a land mass greater than that of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts combined.
EMMC is part of the Maine EMS Trauma System and collaborates closely with dedicated trauma care facilities and providers across the region. It is a proud affiliate of the American Trauma Society, and Maine’s first member hospital in the Trauma Survivors’ Network.
TSN Coordinator
Pret Bjorn
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Email Coordinator
Address
489 State Street
Bangor, Maine, 04401
Email
[email protected]
Website(s) Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Upcoming Programs & Events
May is Trauma Awareness Month!
May 2024 – The entire month of May is focused on raising awareness for trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here .
National Trauma Survivors Day!
May 15, 2024 – The 3rd Wednesday in May is National Trauma Survivors Day! We celebrate together the strength and resiliency of trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here.
NextSteps Online
Ongoing – The NextSteps program is a free 6-week self management course designed to recognize that YOU play the most important role in your recovery. based on the principles of self-management. It uses techniques that have been scientifically proven to increase one’s self confidence and sense of empowerment. NextSteps teaches you the skills to become an active self manager of your health and your life. Learn more here.
Community Resources
Maine Amputee Support Group
This free virtual support group, sponsored by Bangor’s Hanger Clinic, meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Call or email the organizer to join a meeting, or for more information.
Download attachmentBrain Injury Association of America-Maine
https://www.biausa.org/find-bia/states/maine/resources-supportBrain injury support groups across the great state of Maine held as virtual, in-person, and hybrid formats. BIAA-Maine offers support groups and education for those with brain injuries as well as their caregivers.