Notable Individuals Treated
- On September 13, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur died from respiratory failure and cardiac arrest, after having been in critical condition for six days.
- Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy was stabilized here after he was attacked by one of his own tigers on October 3, 2003. Roy was subsequently transferred to UCLA Medical Center for recovery and rehabilitation.
- Kenny Guinn, 73, Governor of Nevada (1999–2007), died on July 22, 2010, after falling from a roof of his Las Vegas home and possibly following from a heart attack.
- Dan Wheldon, 33, was airlifted to the trauma center after a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the final race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar season on October 16, 2011. He was pronounced dead from blunt force trauma to his head at 1:54 pm.
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