Faces of Trauma

High quality and equal access to trauma care by all people in Georgia and provided in a timely manner translates to lives saved. In an organized trauma system, patients get better quicker and return to a productive life faster.

Most Recent Faces of Trauma Postings:

  • Lindsay and Emma Norcross

    Home: Savannah, GA

    Date of trauma: Thursday, June 4, 2009     

    Age at time of trauma: Lindsay was 26, while her daughter, Emma, was 4

    Trauma incident: Lindsay Norcross, her two children and a

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  • Mike Keown

    Home: Coolidge, in Thomas County, about 50 miles south of Albany, 220 miles south of Atlanta

    Date of trauma: August 6, 2005

    Age at time of trauma: 51

    Trauma incident: Keown fell approximately

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  • Regina Purvis

    Home: Tucker, a suburb east of Atlanta in DeKalb County

    Date of trauma: October 9, 2004

    Age at time of trauma:16

    Trauma incident: Purvis was driving a 1992 G20 Infinity with no air bags on

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  • Steve Charron

    Home: Lilburn, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County

    Date of trauma: Sunday, April 2, 2006

    Age at time of trauma: 49

    Trauma incident: Charron was riding his Harley Davidson

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  • Jeremiah Matlock

    Date of trauma: Friday, July 30, 2005

    Age at time of trauma: 21

    Trauma incident: Matlock was driving his 1987 Ford F150 pickup home from a friend's house at about 11:30 p.m. on a Friday night

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  • David Benjamin “Ben” Shuman

    Home: Morganton, in Fannin County, about 100 miles north of Atlanta

    Date of trauma: April 9, 2006

    Age at time of trauma: 22

    Trauma incident: Shuman was driving his red Chevy S10 pickup truck

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  • Brittni Parks

    Home: Murrayville, in Hall County, about 60 miles north of Atlanta

    Date of trauma: Oct. 4, 2001

    Age at time of trauma: 16

    Trauma incident: Brittni was traveling north on Hwy. 60 in Hall

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