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Polytrauma System of Care

  • Marissa McCarthy
  • Aaron Feliu
  • Risa Nakase-Richardson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_9237-1
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The tiered Polytrauma System of Care integrates specialized rehabilitation services at regional centers, network sites, and local VA medical centers. The Polytrauma System of Care provides a continuum of integrated care through five inpatient rehabilitation brain injury Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers (Sigford 2008) with colocated Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Programs (PTRP; Duchnick et al. 2015). The next tier of polytrauma care occurs at 23 Polytrauma Network Sites (PNS), 87 Polytrauma Support Clinic Teams (PSCT), and 39 Polytrauma Points of Contact (POC) located at VA medical centers across the country (Sigford 2008).

Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers (PRCs) are regional referral centers for acute inpatient medical and rehabilitation for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and/or polytrauma care located at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond Virginia, James A Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa Florida, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in...

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marissa McCarthy
    • 1
  • Aaron Feliu
    • 2
  • Risa Nakase-Richardson
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of NeurologyJames A Haley Veterans Hospital, University of South FloridaTampaUSA
  2. 2.James A Haley Veterans HospitalTampaUSA
  3. 3.Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Department of MedicineJames A. Haley Veterans Hospital, University of South Florida, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Center of Innovation in Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchTampaUSA