preventable trauma deaths

SHOULD EAST COUNTY HAVE A TRAUMA CENTER?

 

By Sharon Penny

November 1, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)--San Diego’s County Trauma System received recognition last June for its role in saving lives. As noted in a previous East County Magazine story, the rate of preventable trauma deaths today stands at less than one percent, whereas 30 years ago it was 21 percent (http://eastcountymagazine.org/county-trauma-system-driving-deaths-down-east-county-lacks-trauma-center).


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