Trauma Care

Trauma patients admitted to AUMC have the best outcomes because we offer:

• Critical Care Surgeons: Board-certified trauma surgeons, with added qualifications as critical care surgeons - making them some of the most highly trained in the Southeast.
• Fully equipped ICU: We have a 12 bed shock/trauma adult Intensive Care Unit ICU, state-of-the-art operating room, advance technology and dedicated trauma resuscitation area.
• 24/7 Rapid Response Teams: This includes sub-specialists from throughout the hospital, ready to provide immediate treatment to patients with complex multi-system injuries.
• Trauma program staff: Including trauma program managers, PI coordinator, trauma registrars and injury prevention specialists.
• Trauma prevention: We strive to reduce the incidence of traumatic injury through education, outreach and research.

Academic Advantage

We are actively involved in research into social, psychological, and biologic aspects of trauma care as well as injury prevention. Some of our current projects focus on:

• Opiate use among trauma patients
• Intimate partner violence
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Resuscitation from catastrophic injuries
• Immune system dysfunction after trauma
• Prevention of complications such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Firearm injury prevention

If you or a loved one are brought to us, know you are in good hands, our hospital team includes:

• Trauma surgeons
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Anesthesiologists
• Orthopedic surgeons
• Neurosurgeons
• Interventional radiologists
• Medical and surgical sub-specialists
• Trauma nurses
• Radiology technicians
• Patient care technicians
• Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
• Pastoral care

We see patients with all types of injuries, from minor to major ones, and accept transfer patients who are brought to us when their injuries exceed the capabilities other hospitals.

Some of the injuries we specialize in treating include:

• Severe car crash injuries
• Gunshot wounds
• Pelvic fractures
• Stab wounds
• Serious falls
• Spinal cord injuries
• Severe chest trauma
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Complex vascular injuries