title: A position paper: The convergence of aging and injury and the need for a Geriatric Trauma Coalition (GeriTraC).
authors.affiliation: From the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health (Z.K.), Vanderbilt University (C.A.M.), Society of Trauma Nurses (C.A.M.), Medical University of South Carolina (S.M.F.), American Trauma Society (S.M.K.), University of Arizona Medical Center (B.J.), American Geriatrics Society (N.L.), Boston University Medical Center (P.B.), American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (P.B.), Lehigh Valley Health Network (R.B.), and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Z.C., B.J., R.B.).
authors.forename: Zara
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Cathy A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: Samir M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fakhry
authors.forename: Bellal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lundebjberg
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baracco
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005853:Geriatrics; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D014194:Traumatology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*