Trauma Diversion definition

Trauma Diversion means a trauma center of its own volition declines to accept an acutely injured
Trauma Diversion means a trauma center of its own volition declines to accept an acutely injured patient due to a lack of staffing or resources.
Trauma Diversion means the re-routing of a trauma patient from a trauma care facility that has 1 or more of its essential resources currently functioning at maximum capacity, or is otherwise unavailable, to an alternate trauma care facility in order to serve the best interests of the trauma patient.

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