R. Adams Cowley - Arlington VA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.842 W 077° 04.518
18S E 319986 N 4305584
Medical Pioneer. Called "The Father of Trauma Medicine, he was the founder of the Nation's first Shock Trauma Center, and was the creator of the concept of the "Golden Hour". Shock Trauma Center is located in Baltimore MD
Waymark Code: WM12JFT
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2020
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He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 1, Site 341 G
Description:
Grave Marker (front) R Adams Cowley 1st Lieutenant Medical Corps United States Army July 15, 1917 - October 27, 1991
Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is to save one
Abraham Lincoln
(back)
A cardiothoracic and trauma surgeon who, through his creation of shock trauma in Maryland, saved thousands of lives and changed the face of emergency medicine in the world.
• Father of trauma medicine and founder of the nation’s first Shock Trauma Center, in Baltimore, Maryland
• Leader in the scientific study of shock and trauma
• Founder of nation’s first statewide EMS System in Maryland
• Creator of the concept of the “Golden Hour,” the 60 minutes following injury when definitive care is crucial to a trauma patient’s survival
• Leader in use of civilian helicopters for medical evacuation
• Pioneer in hyperbaric medicine and open heart surgery
• Inventor of electronic pacemaker prototype and a surgical clamp bearing his name
• A founding father of the Society of Thoracicb Surgeons
• Founder of National Study Paid Advertisement
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Center for Trauma and EMS enacted by Congress in 1986
• Personal papers collected by the University of Utah
• Elder in Mormon Church
Date of birth: 07/25/1917
Date of death: 10/27/1991
Area of notoriety: Medicine
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None
Fee required?: No
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