Table 1.

Description of Study Site Hospitals

Study site	Location	Annual ED volume	Designation
Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital	St. Louis, MO	95,000	Level I
University of Florida, Shands Hospital	Gainesville, FL	66,000	Level I
Gwinnett Medical Center - Lawrenceville	Atlanta, GA	100,000	Level II
Dekalb Medical - North Decatur	Atlanta, GA	92,000	Non-trauma
Wayne State - Detroit Receiving Hospital	Detroit, MI	90,000	Level I
University of Pécs Medical Center	Pecs, Hungary	25000Ω	Level 1*
Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Center - University of Szeged	Szeged, Hungary	90,000	Level 1*

^ΩThe ED volume is >25,000/year, and the facility cares for more than 2000 neurotrauma cases/year.

^*This is equivalent to a Level I facility in the United States.

ED, emergency department.