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Trauma center
A trauma center is a hospital and emergency room with the equipment and specialized doctors and nurses able to take care of major injuries such as gunshot wounds, car accident wounds, severed limbs, drownings, massive bleeding, etc
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A 46-year old asked:
How can consumers find the best trauma center in their community?
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A 25-year old asked:
What is the difference between a level I and level II trauma center?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are there uniform standards throughout the country for trauma center levels?
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A 48-year old asked:
How can you know if you local ER is a trauma center?
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A 34-year old asked:
Blood utilization at a level i trauma center: is this as good as it gets?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the differences between a "trauma center" and an "emergency room"?
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A 40-year old asked:
What makes a hospital a trauma center?
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A 42-year old asked:
What does a trauma center do for a patient with near drowning?
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A 42-year old asked:
Do people with a seriouse heart problem need to live near a trauma center?
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A 50-year old asked:
What exactly does the anesthesiologist do in the emergency room/trauma center?
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A 50-year old asked:
Could a level III trauma center operate on a victim of a gunshot wound to the chest?
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A 31-year old asked:
Do ER doctors staff a trauma center or is this a different kind of doctor?
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A 25-year old male asked:
My husband has a open wound fracture.went to the er they were saying he would have to be transferred to a trauma center but sent him home instead?
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A female asked about a 51-year old female:
I'm 51 and I just found a dent down the center of my skull, like a long trench. I have never had any head trauma and it doesn't hurt. What is this?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Recently started experiencing straight lines as curved in my central vision. I'm 32, with a history of head trauma. Should I be worried? App. tomo.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Hi, I can feel an indent/crevice (2cm x .5cm) front, center of forehead by hairline. 25y, male. No major head trauma. Don't remember feeling before?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What causes bruising with what appears to have lines thru it and a clear center on the calf that is not due to trauma and has no pain when manipulated?
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A 28-year old asked about a female:
18 mo old has no history of tooth trauma.His top&lower central incisors seem a bit more mobile then the rest.is this normal as his teeth are shifting?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I was seen at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita Kansas in the Trauma room for a 2 inch nail that accidentally penetrated my right hand causing nerve damage and loss of dexterity in hand?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Bone pain center of Lt hand, worse w/ grasping/pressing with fingers. Lt arm pain radiates from inside elbow. No trauma or swelling, Rt handed. Cause?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Top of foot pain in bone, center of top of the foot. No impact/trauma. The pain is very mild and I can exercise thought it. I am very active-run, play basketball on hard courts (concrete), etc. Im 46. Is this possibly some stress fracture?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are the biochemical reactions due to trauma?
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A 30-year old asked:
How is unrelenting trauma pain possibly connected to mood?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is head trauma?
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A member asked:
What is head trauma caused by?
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A 17-year old female asked:
What does "trauma during sex" mean?
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A 37-year old asked:
Could you die from blunt force trauma?
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A 47-year old asked:
How can I get over a childhood trauma?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can add be exascerbated by head trauma?
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What is recovery like after head trauma?
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