What Is Trauma?
"Trauma" is defined as any severe or life-threatening
injury. The National Center for Health Statistics lists trauma among the
five leading causes of death in the United States.
Most often, trauma is the consequence of a motor vehicle crash, a fall,
drowning, a gunshot wound, fires and burns, a stabbing, or assault with a
blunt instrument.
Trauma kills more people between the ages of 1 and 44 than any disease
or illness. Nearly 100,000 people of all ages in the United States die
from trauma each year, roughly half of them in automobile crashes.
But it
is our children and young adults who are most affected: according to the
National Center for Heath Statistics, trauma (unintentional injuries plus
homicides) causes:
- 43% of all deaths from age 1 to 4
- 48% of all deaths in ages 5 to 14
- 62% of all deaths in ages 15 to 24
Level I: The Most Advanced Trauma Care Available 
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