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Author: Lynn A. Boergerhoff 701 Park Avenue Phone: 612.347-6292 Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Planning a State-wide trauma care system begins with understanding the relationship between serious injuries and available trauma care resources. These multidisciplinary healthcare resources include injury prevention programs, emergency medical services, acute care hospitals, rehabilitation, and data for performance improvement and research. We describe how Hennepin County Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, uses ArcView GIS to create an atlas of Minnesota's trauma care resources, to help develop an injury surveillance system, and to explore the spatial availability and use of trauma care resources. |
