![]() ![]() "The types of cases we see here absolutely help prepare us for downrange. "And it allows us to also provide better care to military members who are injured." "As we provide excellent care to the people, we understand that the experiences we have in deployed or combat situations allow us to provide even better care here," he said. Kurt Edwards, chief of trauma and surgical critical care at SAMMC. "We have been involved with trauma in the community of San Antonio since 1975 officially and probably even before then," said Army Col. STRAC's mission is to develop, implement and maintain the regional trauma and emergency health care system for 22 counties encompassing over 26,000 square miles in southwest Texas to the Mexico border.Ĭommon trauma cases range from shootings, stabbings, car wrecks and severe burns. SAMMC works closely with the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council and University Hospital, San Antonio's other Level I Trauma Center here, to provide trauma care to citizens of the city and other rural areas of southwest Texas. "Our trauma volume has continued to grow over the past three years from 3,000 to now over 4,000 patients per year." "Our annual volume approaches 85,000 patients a year, of which about 4,000 of those patients are trauma patients," Hilliard said. ![]() Michael Hilliard, chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at SAMMC. "SAMMC's emergency department is one of the largest emergency departments in south Texas," said Army Col. SAMMC is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the city of San Antonio, which leads to many unique traumas coming through the emergency department each day. JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - "Trauma team to the trauma room" often rings through the halls of San Antonio Military Medical Center throughout the day and the night.
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