ABSTRACT
Orthopaedic Trauma Introduction On average, 170,000 people in the United States are injured per day, 400 of
whom die as a result of these injuries. Accidental injury is the greatest cause of death in people aged 1 -44.1 Extremity injuries are found in 40-60% of all traumatic brain injured patients.2 Having an organized, multidisciplinary approach to polytraumatized patients greatly decreases the associated mortality.3
