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  2. Major trauma centre - Wikipedia

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    A major trauma centre (MTC) is a specialist unit within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, set up to provide specialised trauma care and rehabilitation. They are usually found within larger hospitals in major cities which have the necessary infrastructure and staff to deal with major trauma cases.

  3. Major trauma - Wikipedia

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    Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. [1] There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating , including falls , motor vehicle collisions , stabbing wounds , and gunshot wounds .

  4. List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll

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    COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland: 2020–2023 The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worldwide death toll of 6.9 million people. 200,000+ [9] 1557 influenza pandemic: 1557–1561: From 1557 to 1559 the population contracted by 2%. 150,000+ Seven ill years: 1695–1699: The last major famine to ...

  5. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.

  6. Trauma center - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1940, Birmingham Accident Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom, was the world's first trauma center. Trauma centres grew into existence out of the realisation that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialised and experienced multidisciplinary treatment and specialised resources.

  7. Royal London Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The Royal London Hospital is the busiest trauma centre in the UK, with Barts and the London NHS Trust as a whole treating over 1,500 injury patients daily across its five hospitals. [ 29 ] The Queen Mary University of London Centre for Trauma Sciences, part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry , has a strong clinical ...

  8. List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The patient was a 49-year-old gay man who regularly visited Florida and was referred to a London hospital with opportunistic infections. The first UK death from AIDS was in London in July 1982, and was attributed to Terry Higgins, who was one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness.

  9. Northern General Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The Northern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital and Major Trauma Centre in Sheffield, England. Its departments include accident and emergency for adults, with children being treated at the Sheffield Children's Hospital on Western Bank. The hospital is managed by the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.