Miami's Ryder Trauma Center

The Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is one of the world’s leading facilities. This world-renowned, state-of-the-art center is operated by Jackson Memorial Hospital in conjunction with the University of Miami Department of Surgery under the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Services.

The Ryder Trauma Center is the only certified Level I trauma center in South Florida for adults and children. The center is geared toward lowering the preventable death rate by speeding up the delivery of trauma care during the “golden hour”, the critical 60 minutes after an injury. Jackson Memorial Hospital sees over 8,000 emergency patients per year — about 3,600 at the Ryder Trauma Center. Approximately 30 percent of the general admissions result from gunshot wounds, stabbings or falls, and 70 percent are the result of blunt trauma, vehicular accidents, and various other causes. Children make up about 10 percent of all patients seen at the center.

The two disc antennas seen on the lower right are part of today's demonstration of a telemedicine project. They are big 2.4 meter satellite transmitter and receiver relaying live video and audio signals between Miami and any other location in the world. Today's live feed was from Brazil.