CHICAGO — Injured patients were evaluated and received medical imaging tests 30% faster after an innovative performance improvement project was enacted at one hospital. "Being able to quickly identify ...
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, ...
LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Germany -- Medical providers from the Army, Air Force and Navy gathered at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Mar. 14-15 for certification in Advanced Trauma Life ...
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 ...
Western Michigan University's Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC) has recently partnered with area school districts to create trauma-informed schools. The mission of the ...
Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the most common preventable cause of death for soldiers wounded in combat. In live-tissue trauma training (LTTT), animals (mostly goats and pigs) are used to train ...
We live in stressful times. This, coupled with the high rate (80.5%) of children experiencing at least one adverse childhood experience by adolescence, necessitates that schools use trauma-informed ...