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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF OKALOOSA
COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE CHANGE TO THE
APPOINTMENT OF TRAUMA CENTERS WITHIN TRAUMA SERVICE
AREA 1, ALLOWING FOR THE ADDITION OF A TRAUMA CENTER IN
OKALOOSA COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Okaloosa County has a population of more than 187,000 and, since one of every
three people will be affected by trauma, this population is more than large enough to demand a
trauma center; and
WHEREAS, getting patients to a trauma center as quickly as possible after an injury is critical in
terms of outcomes. Survival chances are greatest when trauma care is received within 60 minutes
of injury and they increase by 25% when a trauma patient receives care in a trauma center; and
WHEREAS, most residents of Okaloosa County are well over an hour from the nearest trauma
center; and
WHEREAS, the only two trauma centers in our Trauma Service Area are located within a few
miles of one another in Escambia County and, therefore, there is no trauma center available in
Okaloosa County; and
WHEREAS, Okaloosa County is in need of a local trauma center equipped with cutting edge
technology and multidisciplinary services that will help save lives; and
WHEREAS, trauma is the leading cause of death among Floridians ages 1 through 44 and it
accounts for more lives lost than heart disease and cancer combined; and
WHEREAS, only 2 in 5 trauma patients receive care in a trauma center in Florida, but every
member of our community deserves accessible and quality trauma care for life’s most critical
moments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Commission of Okaloosa County strongly
encourages the Florida Department of Health to effect a change to the apportionment of trauma
centers within TSA 1 that allows for a trauma center in Okaloosa County.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session this 19th day of March 2013.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Don R. Amunds, Chairman
ATTEST
DON W. HOWARD
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT
By:_____________________