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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Death after traumatic injury has classically been described in terms of a trimodal distribution. Immediate and acute (<24 hours) deaths usually result from uncontrolled hemorrhage, but…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Critically injured patients must receive high-quality care from the earliest post-injury moment to have the best chance of survival. Most trauma victims first receive health care…

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Print Section Listen Trauma care in rural America and public awareness of it has improved remarkably over the past 50 years. This is a tribute to those farsighted…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen No one can predict the time, location, or complexity of the next disaster. The management of the medical effects of contemporary disasters, whether natural or man-made,…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The importance of the initial trauma assessment cannot be overstated as it sets the tone and conduct for the successive steps in the patient’s overall care….

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Injuries have long been classified in terms of severity. The world’s oldest known surgical document, the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (ca. 17th century BC), classified 48…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Injury is a leading cause of death, disability and health care costs worldwide. The Global Burden of Disease Study, which creates a unique framework by which…

TRAUMA SYSTEM DEFINITION Print Section Listen A trauma system is an integrated collaboration of agencies and institutions organized to control the disease of injury. Its mission extends from effective prevention…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Over the past decade the organization of a new paradigm in the management of acutely ill surgical patients has emerged, one emphasizing surgeons trained in trauma,…