L.A. County’s Trauma Center System Partners with OneLegacy to Celebrate 40 Years of Serving Southern Californian Critical Care Patients
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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Los Angeles County was the site of one of the first Trauma Center Systems in the United States and to date is one of the largest nationwide.
Key Points:
- Los Angeles County was the site of one of the first Trauma Center Systems in the United States and to date is one of the largest nationwide.
- “Over 25,000 critically injured patients are treated at the Trauma Centers each year,” said Richard Tadeo, Director of Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMS Agency).
- In what promises to be a moving ceremony, former trauma patients will also share their stories of survival and how the Trauma Centers saved their lives.
- He was transported by EMS to Dignity Health-California Hospital Medical Center and was admitted and treated in the intensive trauma care unit.