| Care of the injured patient has been fundamental to the practice of medicine since recorded history. The word “TRAUMA” is derived from the Greek meaning “Bodily injury”. The Greek word iatros (healer) was originally found in homer’s Iliad and referred as the “remover of arrows “The first trauma centers were used to care for wounded soldiers in Napoleon’s armies”.
Revival Bone & Joint Hospital is equipped to handle cases of primary orthopedic trauma. The leading causes of trauma are motor vehicle accidents, falls, and assaults. Revival Bone & Joint hospital provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities and transfer to a higher level of care. It may also provide surgery and critical care services and trauma trained nurse is immediately available. Doctors are available upon the patient’s arrival to the hospital. |
