RT Book, Section
A1 Hemmila, Mark R.
A1 Wahl, Wendy L.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105485492
T1 Management of the Injured Patient
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071792110
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105485492
RD 2024/04/19
AB As  a  “disease,”  trauma  is  a  major  public  health  problem.  In  the  United  States,  it  is  the  leading  cause  of  death  among  people  aged  1-45.  For  persons  under  age  30,  trauma  is  responsible  for  more  deaths  than  all  other  diseases  combined.  Because  trauma  adversely  affects  a  young  population,  it  results  in  the  loss  of  more  working  years  than  all  other  causes  of  death.  Presence  of  alcohol  is  a  significant  contributor  to  trauma  fatalities,  and  one-third  of  all  traffic  deaths  are  alcohol  related.  The  financial  costs  of  injury  are  astounding  and  exceed  $400  billion  annually.  Regrettably,  nearly  40%  of  all  trauma  deaths  could  be  avoided  by  injury  prevention  measures  (50%  of  passenger  vehicle  occupants  killed  were  unrestrained),  alcohol  cessation,  and  by  the  establishment  of  regional  trauma  systems  that  would  expedite  the  evaluation  and  treatment  of  seriously  injured  patients.