Medical Intel

The effects of traumatic injury can linger long after initial recovery. Dr. Jack Sava explains why trauma is a disease and should be treated as such.   TRANSCRIPT Intro: MedStar Washington Hospital Center presents Medical Intel where our healthcare team shares health and wellness insights and gives you the inside story on advances in medicine. In today’s episode we talk to Dr. Jack Sava, chief of trauma at Medstar Washington Hospital Center about visualizing trauma as a disease in itself. Host: Thanks for joining us. We’re talking to Dr. Jack Sava, chief of trauma at Medstar Washington Hospital Center. Welcome, Dr. Sava. Dr. Jack Sava: Well thank you, I’m happy to be here. Host: Thinking about trauma as a disease in itself, could you explain what you mean by that? Dr. Sava: Well, it’s interesting to think about injury and how is injury similar or different to something like a heart attack or cancer or stroke or asthma and so forth, and many people today I had somebody tell me a week ago that injury is not a d