title: Maryland Emergency Medical Services and Shock Trauma Centre.
abstract: The author spent one year working as an attending Anaesthesiologist at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. The Maryland trauma system is, in the author's opinion, one of the best in the United States and this article will outline the Maryland EMS (Emergency Medical Service) but with specific emphasis on the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
authors.affiliation: Royal United Hospital, Bath.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D015142:Baltimore; D004739:England / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D014193:Trauma Centers; D016526:Workload