a hospital that provides emergency treatment to physical injuries
Examples of 'trauma center' in a sentence
trauma center
He was transferred to the regional academic trauma center.
Martin Rief, Philipp Zoidl, Paul Zajic, Stefan Heschl, Simon Orlob, Günther Silbernagel,Philipp Metnitz, Paul Puchwein, Gerhard Prause 2019, 'Atlanto-occipital dislocation in a patient presenting with out-of-hospital cardiacarrest: a case report and literature review', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1926-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A 23-year-old man was transported to a trauma center after injuring himself while snowboarding.
Tennessee D. Park, BA, Joshua M. Enyart, DO, Terrence E. Goyke, DO, Marna Rayl Greenberg,DO, MPH 2018, 'An unusual case of bilateral anterior shoulder dislocations', Radiology Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317304338. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our experience includes three such patients who visited our tertiary trauma center.
Jayprakash Vrajlal Modi, Shardul Madhav Soman, Shaival Dalal 2016, 'Traumatic Cervical Spondyloptosis of the Subaxial Cervical Spine: A Case Series witha Literature Review and a New Classification', Asian Spine Journalhttp://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-10-1058.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dispositions from the emergency department and hospital for these patients were tabulated by trauma center level.
Jin Peng, Krista Wheeler, Junxin Shi, Jonathan Ira Groner, Kathryn Jo Haley, HuiyunXiang 2015, 'Trauma with Injury Severity Score of 75: Are These Unsurvivable Injuries?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4521713?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The need for laparotomy often influences the decision to transfer the patient to a trauma center.
Raghavendran, Krishnan MD, Moscati, Ronald MD, Manka, Michael Jr. MD, Priya, ArunaMD 2010, 'Sonographic Scoring for Operating Room Triage in Trauma', Western Journal of Emergency Medicinehttp://escholarship.org/uc/item/4rh9p14w. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The best initial strategies are early computed tomography and a quick referral to a level 1 trauma center.
A. M. Luu, K. Meurer, T. Herzog, W. Uhl, C. Braumann 2018, 'Diagnostic double strike in the emergency room - two cases of complete pancreaticruptures due to bicycle handlebar injuries on two consecutive days', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1594-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hospital infrastructure characteristics, such as bed capacity and intensive care unit capacity, were not associated with trauma center need.
Faul, Mark, Sasser, Scott M., Lairet, Julio, Mould-Millman, Nee-Kofi, Sugerman, David 2014, 'Trauma Center Staffing, Infrastructure, and Patient Characteristics that InfluenceTrauma Center Need', Western Journal of Emergency Medicinehttp://escholarship.org/uc/item/2br2q1bg. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)