Established in 1980 to provide education to the volunteer EMS community in Central Virginia, today the VCU Center for Trauma and Critical Care Education offers comprehensive training programs for medical center and community care providers. CTCCE works with community groups and first responders to meet the requirements and best practices of emergency care. As the only academic medical center in central Virginia, VCU Medical Center is on the forefront of health care, providing patients with the most progressive treatments and medical technology available.