trauma center
noun
: a hospital unit specializing in the treatment of patients with acute and especially life-threatening traumatic injuries
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Palomar is a significant provider of medical care for inland North County, serving as the region’s trauma center.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Two adults and one child were classified as being more seriously injured and were transported to trauma centers and a children’s hospital by air ambulance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Two people were transported to trauma centers, and another was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
That an award-winning hospital with the community’s only Level 1 trauma center would be opposed to helping the traumatized befuddles me.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Two adults and one child were classified as being more seriously injured and were transported to trauma centers and a children’s hospital by air ambulance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Two people were transported to trauma centers, and another was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
That an award-winning hospital with the community’s only Level 1 trauma center would be opposed to helping the traumatized befuddles me.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trauma center
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“Trauma center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trauma%20center. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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