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Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

I had an experience during a routine medical screening that had me, a psychotherapist, reflect on the need to trauma-informed care in the medical field. Here are my thoughts.

Every minute counts for patients who arrive in critical condition at the North Colorado Medical Center trauma room. A recent $1 million remodel of the trauma room improves the flow of care to patients ...