Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point (FL) is vying to become the place to transport victims of the most serious car accidents, gunshot wounds, and other traumas in a five-county region. Bayonet Point recently filed an application with Florida health officials to operate as a Level 2 trauma center, a status held by only three hospitals in the region: Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa and Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Tampa General Hospital and Shands at the University of Florida are the closest Level 1 trauma centers. All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg is the Tampa Bay area's only pediatric trauma center.
