Introduction to the Academic Symposium to Evaluate Evidence Regarding the Efficacy of Trauma Systems.

The Academic Symposium to Evaluate Evidence Regarding the Efficacy of Trauma Systems was held at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington, on July 17 to 18, 1998. This symposium was held near the banks of the Columbia River by design. The river gorge was the very passage blazed by the courageous Lewis and Clark expedition, the purpose of which was to systematically map a course through uncharted territory to the Pacific Ocean.