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June 2005—The University of Tennessee Medical Center has provided state-of-the-art trauma care to injured patients since 1985, and has been continuously designated as a Level I Trauma Center by the state of Tennessee since 1988. As the regional trauma system has matured—and as the region’s only Level I Trauma Center—the number of injured patients treated at UT Medical Center has increased. In fact, 2004 was a record-setting year, with 3,425 injured patients admitted.

UT Medical Center provides more than just trauma care—it provides a safety net that cares for patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our available resources such as operating rooms, lab and radiologic capabilities, intensive care units and professional personnel are in-house and available on a moments notice to care for the injured. Furthermore, these resources are available to care for patients with ruptured aneurysms, cardiac emergencies, strokes and other time-limited, life-threatening emergencies—in addition to those affected by natural or man-made disasters.

The following report provides information about a specific group of patients—the severely injured trauma patients that were cared for during 2004. The 3,425 admitted trauma patients came from a large multi-state region with the two most common causes of injury being motor vehicle crashes and falls. This demonstrates that UT Medical Center is doing its job of caring for injured patients well—but it also shows that there is more work to do through trauma prevention, education and research to minimize the death and disability that occurs as the result of injury.

Click here for the full Trauma Report.