Orlando Regional Medical Center is an 808-bed hospital and the flagship medical center of Orlando Health, serving as one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region. For more than 100 years, the medical center has provided advanced surgical, medical, rehabilitative and emergency care. It houses as Central Florida’s first level 1 trauma center, which sees more than 85,000 patients annually, including 3,400 major trauma cases. The medical center’s burn center is verified by the American Burn Association, one of only a few in Florida to hold the status, and the hospital holds Joint Commission certifications in advanced comprehensive stroke care, hip joint replacement, knee joint replacement and spine surgery. The medical center is home to Central Florida’s only air ambulance service, the Air Care Team, which was founded in 1985 and has flown more than 19,000 patients and 1.2 million accident-free miles across a 90-mile, 10-county service radius. Orlando Health has more “Beacon Awards for Excellence” in bedside care than any other health system in Florida, and Orlando Regional Medical Center’s 13 active awards make it the hospital with the most “Beacon Award”units in the state. One of Florida’s six major teaching hospitals, the hospital offers seven residency programs and 10 fellowship programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, training medical students from universities including Florida State University, the University of Florida and the University of South Florida.
