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Every 4 seconds someone
in the US is traumatically injured and every 6 minutes
someone will die from a trauma injury.
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Nationally, trauma is
the number one killer for those between the ages of 1 and
44.
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The "Golden Hour" is
the first hour after a patient's injury. This is the most
critical period within which the life or death of the victim
usually is determined.
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National studies show
that patient mortality and morbidity is reduced by 25% when that
patient is treated for traumatic injuries in a TRAUMA CENTER
rather than in a non-trauma center.
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The averages length of
stay in a trauma center is 4.5-6 days.
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Florida is divided into
22 trauma service areas, some of which have no active trauma
center.
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There are 22 trauma
centers in the state of Florida.
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Motor vehicle crashes
make up more than 50% of all trauma cases in Florida.
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In 2010, 42,916 Florida residents and visitors were treated in a
trauma center in Florida.
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About 19.4% of patients
who enter a standard emergency room are uninsured.
Conversely, about 9.8% of patients who enter a trauma
center are uninsured.
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Since the Florida
Legislature created the state's first trauma legislation in
1982, no consistent and sustained funding source for the
trauma centers has been established on the state level.
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In 1982 when Florida's
first trauma legislation was passed, there were 50 trauma
centers state-wide. Today, there are 22 state designated
trauma centers operating in Florida.
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The Florida trauma
centers that have surrendered their trauma designation have
done so due to the overwhelming financial commitments
required to make a trauma center a clinically viable
operation.
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Lee Memorial Health
System trauma center is the only trauma center on Florida's
Gulf Coast between Tampa and Miami.
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There are more than 1
million residents in the Lee County Trauma Services
District.
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More than 90% of
admissions to the LMHS Trauma Center in Fiscal Year 2010
were due to "blunt force trauma" primarily to auto accidents
or falls.
