§ 20-13-802 — Legislative findings

Arkansas § 20-13-802

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 20

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The General Assembly finds that: (1) Traumatic injury is recognized as the leading killer of persons one (1) year to forty-four (44) years of age and is a serious yet preventable condition; (2) Deaths due to trauma in the United States for 2005 were nearly one hundred thirty-nine thousand (139,000), and children nineteen (19) years of age or younger accounted for nearly twelve percent (12%) of the deaths; (3) In 2006, two thousand one hundred nineteen (2,119) Arkansans lost their lives and twenty-five thousand three hundred eight (25,308) were admitted to hospitals due to trauma; (4) The State of Arkansas incurs a massive expense from trauma in lives lost, productive years destroyed, and the emotional and monetary expense of caring for victims of trauma; and (5) The experience of other states has shown that a comprehensive trauma system, including all phases of trauma care from prevention, prehospital care, and trauma center designation to rehabilitative care, can vastly improve overall trauma problems.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 559, § 2; 2009, No. 393, § 1.