Arkansas Trauma System

The orange wrist band pictured above is to be placed on ALL patients that have a traumatic injury

Below is a link to the Arkansas Department of Health page for the Arkansas Trauma System

https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/arkansas-trauma-system

North West Arkansas Hospital Trauma Activation Criteria

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