How much experience do residents gain in managing patients with major traumatic injuries?
The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center is the only free-standing trauma hospital in the nation, and the birthplace of the concept of The Golden Hour. A Level 1 trauma center, it receives over 7,000 trauma patients per year. Residents participate in four months of designated training at Shock Trauma, during which they become well-versed in the latest techniques in the evaluation and treatment of acute traumatic injury. Specific training in airway management of traumatically injured patients is gained through an additional month of trauma anesthesia.
