trauma units
Critical care sections
Trauma units are specialized hospital departments equipped to treat severe, life-threatening injuries—gunshot wounds, major car accidents, serious falls.
They're staffed around the clock with surgeons and emergency personnel trained for rapid intervention.
The helicopter rushed the victim to the trauma unit.
Also called trauma centers.
- emergency physicianDoctor treating urgent cases
- emergency medicineUrgent healthcare specialty
- social workerHuman services professional
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
paramedic · life flight · golden hour · operating theater · clinical psychologist · post-operative care · walking wounded · anesthesiologist · spinal board · gunshot wound · CT scanner · nurse practitioner · ventilator · radiologist · respiratory therapist · surgical instruments · wound dressings · triage
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- Medical TVER, Grey's Anatomy, House, Scrubs, General Hospital
- relief aidemergency aid, relief supplies, disaster relief, relief workers, aid workers
trauma unitsoutpatient clinics
Medical facilities without overnight stays
wellness clinics · wellness centers · walk-in clinics · waiting rooms · administrative offices
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