R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center | |
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Level I trauma center
Primary Adult Resource Center (PARC) | |
Beds | 100+ |
Speciality | Trauma |
History | |
Opened | 1960 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma |
Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (also referred to simply as Shock Trauma) is a free-standing
Early years
While serving in the United States Army in France immediately following World War II, Cowley observed that many severe traumatic injuries could be stabilized if the patient could be transported to a military hospital where a surgeon was present within one hour of the initial injury. Cowley coined the term "golden hour" to describe this crucial period of time.[6] Cowley thus lobbied the legislature in Maryland to purchase helicopters for the transport of trauma patients to expedite their arrival to these higher-care facilities. The Maryland legislature initially denied his request, due to the cost of helicopters, but he was subsequently able to persuade the State of Maryland to purchase helicopters by agreeing to the premise they be shared with the Maryland State Police. Today, almost all major trauma centers in the United States utilize helicopters to transport trauma patients to the hospital.[7]
During the establishment of trauma centers in the early 1970s, Cowley fought with the medical community to change the prevailing policy of first responders taking all patients, including traumas, to the "nearest hospital first." According to Cowley, the major flaw to this system was that the nearest hospital was most likely not capable of treating severe trauma.[8]
In 1975, Dutch Ruppersberger, a young prosecutor and current member of Congress was involved in a nearly fatal automobile accident and had his life saved largely in part to being transported directly to University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center.[9] When Ruppersberger asked Cowley what he could do to repay him for saving his life, Cowley responded, "Run for office so you can help us get the resources we need to continue saving lives.”[10] Ruppersberger successfully ran for numerous local, state, and federal elective offices all the while advocating for shock trauma. The policy of "nearest hospital first" was eventually abandoned, and emergency medical systems across the United States now follow the model first advocated by Cowley.[11]
Facilities
Shock Trauma houses over 100 inpatient beds dedicated to
Adjacent to the TRU is a vast array of equipment and facilities that are immediately available to the patient in extremis. Shock Trauma has nine dedicated operating suites, its own unique trauma post-anesthesia care unit, in addition to two dedicated
In 2013, Shock Trauma Center completed and opened a major expansion to the facility.[13] Around 68 patient rooms were renovated to conform with modern-day standards.[14][15]
Education
Shock Trauma trains physicians and medical personnel from locations overseas and throughout the United States. Shock Trauma receives over 7500 admissions per year and provides its residents with intensive training in the evaluation and management of both blunt and penetrating injury.
In May 2007, Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, presented a case at the University of Maryland Medical School's annual historical clinicopathological conference in Baltimore on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and whether the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved the outcome had Lincoln's assassination occurred today. "This could be a recoverable injury, with a reasonable expectation he would survive," Scalea said, noting that the assassin's weapon was relatively impotent compared to the firepower now on the streets today.[21]
Shock Trauma's educational mission extends beyond the training of future physicians. The facility hosts members of the United States Armed Forces, in addition to providing education for local emergency-medical service providers.[22][23]
Television
The television docudrama series The Critical Hour: Shock Trauma and Shock Trauma: Edge of Life, which both aired on Discovery Life and filmed at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.[24][25]
Movie
In 1982, a television movie was produced by Telecom Entertainment and Glen Warren Productions about Cowley, his discovery of "The Golden Hour" and his crusade to establish the first fully dedicated trauma center in the world. The movie starred William Conrad as Dr. Cowley. It was syndicated in United States on October 27, 1982.
Scrubs
Dr. Cowley chose pink scrubs to conserve money during the trauma center's inception due to them being unpopular among staff, making them less likely to be stolen. [26] It is now a part of the standard attire for people working in Shock Trauma.[27]
References
- ^ "Shock Trauma". www.umms.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center". 2005-02-04. Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ Schoettler, Carl. "Dr. R Adams Cowley, Shock-Trauma pioneer, dies". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "2016 Archive - R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Showcased in Discovery Life Series - Shock Trauma: Edge of Life | University of Maryland School of Medicine". www.medschool.umaryland.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ Sloan, M.D., Herbert. "R Adams Cowley, MD: 1917-1991". Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
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- ^ "Helicopter Transport Increases Survival for Seriously Injured Patients". www.urmc.rochester.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "A look inside the world's most advanced emergency room". Baltimore magazine. 2010-10-31. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ Sun, By John Fritze, The Baltimore. "Lawmakers seek top honor for Shock Trauma founder". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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- ^ "Shock Trauma Center Fact Sheet" (PDF). R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "UMMS Begins Construction of $160M Shock Trauma Building". Medical Construction and Design. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System". Hord Coplan Macht. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "University of Maryland Medical Center". Ballinger.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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- ^ "Rotation Descriptions". Orthopedic Surgery Residency (Minnesota). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Emergency Medicine Residency". Rotations. Dartmouth Medicine. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Emergency Medicine Curriculum". Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "CRITICAL CARE". AVAILABLE FOCUS AREAS. Georgetown University Hospital / Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
- ^ Mackowiak, Philip (29 November 2013). "Would Lincoln Have Survived If He Was Shot Today?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Emergency Medical Services Educational Programs". www.umms.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "Part 3: Sixty-Year Military-Civilian Partnership Serves as a Model for the National Trauma System". American College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Showcased in Discovery Life Series Shock Trauma: Edge of Life". University of Maryland Medical Center. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Annual Report 2014/2015- Why Pink Scrubs?". University of Maryland. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Uniform Guidelines - New Hire/Transfer Information" (PDF). University of Maryland Medical Center. Retrieved 30 October 2023.