Regional Relationships and Transfer of Patient Care
Regional Relationships and Transfer of Patient Care Jordan A. Weinberg Loring W. Rue III Ideally, any patient sustaining a significant injury would be promptly transported to a hospital capable of…
Evaluating Trauma Center Performance
Evaluating Trauma Center Performance Turner Osler Laurent G. Glance The mission of trauma centers is to prevent death and optimize the recovery of injured patients. The performance of trauma centers…
Trauma Care, Medical-Legal Issues, and Risk Management
Trauma Care, Medical-Legal Issues, and Risk Management Sherry Morris Paul Kerr Medicine and law are two professions that frequently become necessarily intertwined. The practice of medicine is not only dictated…
Design of the Trauma Operating Room
Design of the Trauma Operating Room Richard Leslie George Arpan K. Limdi For many surgeons, getting involved in a major building project is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Our focus throughout this…
Design of the Trauma Resuscitation Area
Design of the Trauma Resuscitation Area William Scott Hoff The resuscitative phase of trauma is the specific period of time when events that have transpired during the prehospital phase are…
Injury Control Research
Injury Control Research Rose A. Cheney Therese S. Richmond INJURY Injury and its repercussions have a significant impact on health and well-being. Each year, more than 150,000 people die from…
Drugs, Alcohol, and Injury Prevention
Drugs, Alcohol, and Injury Prevention Jeffrey D. Kerby Andrea T. Underhill Phillip Jeffrey Froster Jr. In the United States currently, motor vehicle crashes involving alcohol result in a nonfatal injury…
Burn Prevention
Burn Prevention James H. Holmes Burns are the sixth or seventh most common cause of injury, depending on the classification scheme of injury definition used. The most recent year for…
Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention Charles C. Branas Although tragic, the 1997 Paris car crash death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the basics of injury prevention….
Gunshot Injury: Overview of Ballistics, Wounding, and Clinical Management Principles
Gunshot Injury: Overview of Ballistics, Wounding, and Clinical Management Principles Mark L. Gestring Brian James Gestring No injury is associated more strongly with the field of trauma surgery than the…
