Hippocrates wrote, “He who would become a surgeon should join an army and follow it.” 1 The rapid advancement of trauma care is often, sadly, firmly linked to warfare. William Mayo, many centuries ...

When a trauma patient enters the emergency room, the medical team has what is known as the "golden hour," a window of time to evaluate and stabilize the patient to prevent death. To help trauma teams ...

Newly developed consensus definitions for complete and accurate Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and extended FAST (E-FAST) evaluations may better guide clinical decision-making ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

Fort Carson, Colo. - U.S. Army Capt. William Clark, a physician's assistant (PA) with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, took a deep breath as he stepped onto the floor for his ...

To help trauma teams optimize a limited window of time after an emergency, trauma surgeons have developed a simulation training program that cuts precious minutes off evaluation times and gets trauma ...

CHICAGO: When a trauma patient enters the emergency room, the medical team has what is known as the "golden hour," a window of time to evaluate and stabilize the patient to prevent death. To help ...