The hospital is the area's only Level I Trauma Center and burn trauma unit.

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It's also a Level 1 trauma center, however.

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"The Level I trauma centers are really expensive, " said Dr. Garen Wintemute, who works in UC Davis' Level I trauma center in California and is the director of its Violence Prevention Research Program.

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