Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Philips North America have been awarded a research grant from the Department of Defense’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) program to develop applications for handheld ultrasound...
February 7, 2019–Shots rang out from a video depicting a chaotic combat scenario, soldiers taking fire while racing through the woods toward a man down, shot in the face and bleeding profusely. Dr. Bob Buckman’s presentation had begun. A retired trauma surgeon,...
Collaborating with other scientists and engineers, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research developed an algorithm that measures the body’s ability to compensate for blood loss, or the compensatory reserve. The compensatory reserve index (CRI) can predict when a...
The November 28, 2016 edition of The New Yorker reports that Baltimore’s Shock Trauma recently completed a trial of emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR), a procedure that may be able to save patients who otherwise would die from exsanguination. It’s a...
Stop the Bleed, a nationwide campaign to educate bystanders on how to control bleeding related to traumatic injuries, just released a video featuring actors from “Code Black” in an effort to raise awareness about the campaign. Launched by the White House a year ago,...
