No One is Safe: Traumatic injuries escalate nationwide in ongoing health care crisis
By Lynn Marie Frydrych, General Surgery Resident, University of Michigan; and Matthew J. Delano, Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan Traumatic injury, or sudden physical injury requiring immediate medical attention, is an epidemic in the United States. It affects individuals of all ages, races and societal classes and accounts for over 41 million emergency department visits and 2.3 million hospital admissions each year. Additionally, 214,000 people die yearly from traumatic injury, including things such as falls, car crashes and violence. That is one person every three minutes. Trauma is the leading cause of death for individuals from 1 to...
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