Total care of trauma patients from triage to discharge at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: introducing the development of an iconic acute care surgery system in Taiwan

Table 1 Annual volume of trauma and emergency general surgery (EGS) patients at Chang Gung memorial hospital (CGMH) from 2019 to 2023

ED: Emergency Department; ISS: Injury Severity Score
^#Trauma admissions include patients with multiple injuries managed by trauma surgeons, as well as those with isolated injuries managed by subspecialty surgeons. All patients receive primary assessment by trauma surgeons at the ED prior to admission
^*This category includes only surgeries performed by trauma surgeons. Surgeries performed by subspecialty surgeons such as neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and plastic surgeons are excluded

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