trauma systems development

McGrath is a small village in Alaska with 346 people located along the south bank  of the Kuskokwim River.  It serves as one of the checkpoints on the 1,049 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.  It is located about 221 miles northwest of Anchorage and 269 miles southwest of Fairbanks. ...

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trauma systems development

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, and 47th by population with 710,231 persons according to the 2010 US Census.  There are innumerous statistics and factoids about our 49th state, but one that is the most clinically relevant is that Alaska despite its location, geography, population, and wealth, does not have a level 1 trauma center.  Furthermore, the entire state...

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More than MDR-TB at St. Peter�s, Missionaries of Charity, and Black Lion Hospital

Day 18: May 21, 2011. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.More than MDR-TB at St. Peter�s, Missionaries of Charity, and Black Lion HospitalSubmitted by: Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA, PGY3, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital. This experience has afforded me the opportunity to see more than MDR-TB,...

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