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How traumatic injury has become a health care crisis

  • Written by Lynn Marie Frydrych, General Surgery Resident, University of Michigan
How traumatic injury has become a health care crisisDoctors care for a trauma patient. While survival rates for trauma victims have improved, if you live to leave the hospital, you’re still at risk of dying.MonkeyBusinessImages/Shutterstock.com

Traumatic injury, or sudden physical injury requiring immediate medical attention, is an epidemic in the United States. It affects individuals of all...

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