Chad M Thorson, Joseph J Dubose, Peter Rhee, Thomas E Knuth, Warren C Dorlac, Jeffrey A Bailey, George D Garcia, Mark L Ryan, Robert M Van Haren, Kenneth G Proctor
In the late 1990s, a Department of Defense subcommittee screened more than 100 civilian trauma centers according to the number of admissions, percentage of penetrating trauma, and institutional interest in relation to the specific training missions of each of the three service branches. By the end of 2001, the Army started a program at University of Miami/Ryder Trauma Center, the Navy began a similar program at University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center, and the Air Force initiated three Centers for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) at busy academic medical centers: R...
December 2012: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery