The Golden Hour
The first hour after injury is the most important...
The “golden hour” is the time period of one hour in which the lives of a majority of critically injured trauma patients can be saved if surgical intervention is provided.
Only 60 minutes from the moment of injury to notify the police; dispatch an ambulance to the scene; transport the victim to a hospital; summon the appropriate surgical and support staff; and perform the necessary life-saving surgery.
Without an organized, regionalized system of emergency medical care, it is easy to imagine how that golden hour could tick away before each element of the trauma scenario could be completed.
To prevent this unnecessarily tragic situation, the University of South Florida and HCA trauma services network will improve the access to quality trauma care in Florida. The new network extends from Miami to the Orange Park area and to Bradenton on the Gulf Coast.
- Services A-Z
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Behavioral Health Services
- Breast Center
- Diabetes Education
- Emergency Care
- EsophyX Procedure
- Fleming Island Imaging
- Heart & Lung Center
- Neurosciences
- Orthopedics
- Rehabilitation Center
- Robotic Surgery
- Stroke Center
- Surgical Services
- Trauma Center
- Women's Center
- Wound Care