State Trauma Advisory Board

Evaluating a Trauma System

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:06-07:00October 3rd, 2013|Preparedness|

How do we evaluate Arizona’s trauma system, you ask? Good question. Over the next few weeks I’ll blog about “Trauma System Evaluation 101” as well as some of the evaluation tools we use to assess Arizona’s trauma system. The goal of any trauma system is to get the right patient to the right place in [...]

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Building a World-Class Trauma System

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:38-07:00March 1st, 2013|Preparedness|

Four years ago- AZ didn’t really have a trauma system. We had 7 Level I (high-end) Trauma Centers… but that’s it. After 4 years and a full court press- we now have a decent trauma system that includes 31 trauma centers, (8 Level I, 4 Level III, and 19 Level IV (16 of the Level [...]

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