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Opinion: When a child needs trauma care, parents’ presence is an asset, not a nuisance

Some hospitals don't allow parents in the trauma bay with their children. That's a bad idea.

I remember the day I realized that parents could be a positive presence in the trauma room where their child is being treated.

The car in which a couple and their young daughter were riding was involved in a terrible accident. While the mother sustained only minor injuries, the father was taken to the nearby Orlando Regional Medical Center’s adult trauma center. His 10-year-old

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