EMERGENCY CARE
JANA ESCHBACH/LAWNWOOD
The 160-member trauma team at Lawnwood includes nurses and specialists on call in the event of mass casualties.
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our chances of
surviving a major
accident have increased
dramatically with the
opening of the Treasure
Coast Trauma Center in
Fort Pierce.
Since its opening on May 1,
it has chalked up a 96 percent
save rate, one of the highest in
the nation.
Located at Lawnwood Regional
Medical Center and Heart
Institute, the center has attracted
some of the best trauma nurses
and surgeons to the area.
“The quality and complexity
of care here is like going from
a Cessna to an F-18,” says Dr.
Danny Jazarevic, trauma medical
director. “It’s become an elite
tertiary care center. The entire
concept of trauma medicine
upgrades the whole hospital.”
A towering man with a booming
voice and a slight accent
from his native Croatia, “Dr. J” is
a legend in trauma medicine.
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GREG GARDNER
Three trauma surgeons are at Lawnwood 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
After they are stabilized, patients recover at the Trauma Neurosurgical Care Unit at Lawnwood. Initial responding surgeons check on their patients daily.