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A Rural Regional Trauma Center
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1983New developments in the organization of trauma care management at the Mayo Clinic are presented along with a review of the first 4 years' experience of a Regional Trauma Center at the Mayo Clinic-affiliated Saint Marys Hospital. Application of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in the analysis of blunt traumatic deaths has permitted an internal evaluation
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1992
A 1990 national survey of 66 closed trauma centers across 14 states was conducted to ascertain the factors that prompted closure. Data from 44 facilities, or 67% of the centers identified, indicate that inadequate financing and physician participation were commonplace.
J T, Dailey, H, Teter, R A, Cowley
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A 1990 national survey of 66 closed trauma centers across 14 states was conducted to ascertain the factors that prompted closure. Data from 44 facilities, or 67% of the centers identified, indicate that inadequate financing and physician participation were commonplace.
J T, Dailey, H, Teter, R A, Cowley
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The Value of Trauma Center Care
Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care, 2010The cost of trauma center care is high, raising questions about the value of a regionalized approach to trauma care. To address these concerns, we estimate 1-year and lifetime treatment costs and measure the cost-effectiveness of treatment at a Level I trauma center (TC) compared with a nontrauma center hospital (NTC).Estimates of cost-effectiveness ...
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Teamwork in Pediatric Trauma Centers
Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2001Various models have been proposed for optimal care of children in the trauma centers of general hospitals. The authors discuss the determinants of successful pediatric trauma care. In-house trauma surgeons, a consensus protocol for the first 20 minutes of resuscitation, real-time involvement of radiologists as part of the trauma team, and professional ...
B H, Harris, L J, Butler
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Trauma centers and the new evangelists
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1981The argument goes something like this: ~The patient who has suffered critical trauma should be transported directly to the nearest facility capable of definitively treating the patient's injury. Local medical experts should meet to develop a trauma plan which will assure every patient that they will be transported directly to such a facility." This is ...
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Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2013
Kelly, Hall, Armelle, deLaforcade
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Kelly, Hall, Armelle, deLaforcade
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Interinstitutional transfers to a trauma center
The American Journal of Surgery, 1990To determine patient demographics, referral patterns, and problems with trauma transfer, records of 412 patients received over a 1-year period at the Vancouver General Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center, were reviewed. The average Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 15 (range: 1 to 75), with 142 patients (34%) having an ISS of 16 or greater.
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Trauma Center Designation and Outcomes
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2006It was interesting to review the recent publication comparing outcomes between trauma centers based on information from the National Trauma Data Bank. Having worked with database-related research, I have come to appreciate the difficulties in providing valid conclusions from analysis of data collected without rigorous standardization.
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Pastoral care in a trauma center
Journal of Religion and Health, 1996The pastoral staff of the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a vital participant in the advanced trauma-care team. The staff of professionally certified chaplains take an active role in ministering to the unique temporal, psychological, and spiritual needs of both patients and patients' families.
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A trauma center for the United Kingdom
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1993In July 1991, a pilot trauma center was established in the United Kingdom as part of a government-funded evaluation of trauma services. The North Staffordshire Hospital is at the center of a trauma system that serves 2 million people. This system involves the five surrounding hospitals and the ambulance service. Key developments have been the provision
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