Trauma Systems: Origins, Evolution, and Current Challenges

Danielle A. Pigneri; Brian Beldowicz; Gregory Jurkovich

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2017.06.011

Trauma Systems: Origins, Evolution, and Current Challenges

Danielle A. Pigneri, Brian Beldowicz, Gregory Jurkovich

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Abstract

Trauma is the leading cause of death among patients 46 years or younger, and having a system in place for the care of the injured is of paramount importance to the health of a community. The growth and development of civilian trauma systems has not been an easy process. The concept of regionalized health care that the trauma system models has been emulated by other specialized and time-sensitive areas of medicine, notably stroke and acute cardiac events. Continued process improvement, public education, support and involvement, a sound infrastructure, and integrated technology should remain our focus.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	947-959
Number of pages	13
Journal	Surgical Clinics of North America
Volume	97
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2017.06.011
State	Published - Oct 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Governmental oversight
Regionalized care
Trauma as major cause of death
Trauma systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery

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Pigneri, D. A., Beldowicz, B., & Jurkovich, G. (2017). Trauma Systems: Origins, Evolution, and Current Challenges. Surgical Clinics of North America, 97(5), 947-959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2017.06.011

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