“Trauma hospitals have at least one team working overnight, and have on call staff to support them. Common trauma cases are motor vehicle accidents, stabbings, shootings, and head injuries. Surgical emergencies are treated with the same urgency as trauma and include bowel perforation or obstruction, ruptured aortic aneurysm, testicular torsion, compartment syndrome, appendicitis, and ectopic pregnancy. All these things happen during the day too, and trauma hospitals have a special room and team assigned for this.”