RT Journal
A1 Alam HB
T1 Acute care surgery: A guide for general surgeons
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD June 9
VO 303
IS 22
SP 2298
OP 2302
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.770
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.770
AB 
How to effectively meet this challenge remains unclear. It is not surprising that the trauma system is being looked to for answers and leadership. The United States arguably has one of the best trauma systems in the world. Injured patients receive coordinated, seamless, and expertise-driven care, delivered by an integrated system that spans the entire care spectrum (prevention, prehospital care, acute management, and rehabilitation). The United States enjoys a large network of trauma centers that are carefully accredited and certified according to strict guidelines.1 Development of trauma systems has placed the care of the severely injured patients into the hands of specialists, with a dramatic improvement in outcomes.2