Trauma center
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A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. T
Founded in 1940, Birmingham Accident Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom, was the world's first trauma center.
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a Level I trauma center in Columbus, Ohio
Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, a Level I trauma center in Houston
Jackson Memorial Hospital, a Level I trauma center in Miami
Injury
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Injury is physiological damage to an organism. The response to injury, whether in humans, in other animals, in plants, in fungi, or in single-celled eukaryotes such as choanoflagellates, is substantia
Trauma center
…a state or local authority or is verified by the American College of Surgeons. A Level I trauma center provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. Being treated at a Level I trauma center can reduce mortality by 25% compared to a non-trauma center. It has a full range of specialists and…
A crabeater seal injured by a predator
A sand lizard that has shed its tail when attacked by a predator, and has started to regrow a tail from the site of the injury
Injuries to humans elicit an elaborate response including emergency medicine, trauma surgery (illustrated), and pain management.
Oak tree split by lightning, an abiotic cause of injury.