Health Care

Trauma Centers

Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Center, Trauma
  • Centers, Trauma
  • Trauma Center
  • Trauma Units
  • Trauma Unit
  • Unit, Trauma
  • Units, Trauma

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

75

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Previous Indexing

  • Emergency Service, Hospital (1966-1974)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.336w.500w
  2. N02.421.297w.195w.480w
  3. N04w.452.442.452.422w.336w.400w

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NLM Classification

WX 215

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Trauma Centers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014193. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014193
  2. Trauma Centers. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_center
  3. Trauma Centers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2473971