trauma center

noun

1. a hospital or medical center equipped to treat victims of trauma.

Example Sentences

Kornblith is a surgeon who specializes in traumatic injuries and other conditions requiring acute care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, as well as an associate professor of surgery at UC San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times

Paramedics transported the man, who was in serious condition, to a regional trauma center.

From Los Angeles Times

A man in his mid-20s who was piloting a single-engine airplane was airlifted to a trauma center with critical injuries after a fiery crash in Ventura County, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

He was transferred from that hospital to a higher-level trauma center where he died a few days later.

From Seattle Times

The next closest responding ambulance was more than 70 miles away, and the nearest trauma center was more than an hour away by road — if there was no traffic.

From Los Angeles Times

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