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 107 STAT. 110 PUBLIC LAW 103-39 —JUNE 8, 1993 Public Law 103-39 103d Congress Joint Resolution June 8, 1993 To designate the months of May 1993 and May 1994 as "National Trauma [H.J. Res. 135] Awareness Month". Whereas more than 9,000,000 individuals in the United States suffer traumatic injury each year; Whereas traumatic injury is the leading cause of death for individuals under 44 years of age in the United States; Whereas every individual is a potential victim of traumatic injury; Whereas traumatic injury often occurs without warning; Whereas traumatic injury frequently renders its victims incapable of caring for themselves; Whereas past inattention to the causes and effects of trauma has led to the inclusion of trauma among the most neglected medical conditions in the United States; Whereas it is estimated that the people of the United States will spend more than $175,000,000,000 this year on the problem of trauma; Whereas trauma is preventable and increased efforts to prevent trauma would reduce or eliminate deaths and disability due to trauma; Whereas the problem of trauma can be remedied only by prevention and treatment through emergency medical services and trauma systems; and Whereas the people of the United States must be educated in the prevention and treatment of trauma and in the proper and effective use of emergency medical systems: Now, therefore, be it

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