While March 31st was the official “Stop the Bleed Day,” members of the public are urged to learn bleeding control techniques whenever they are able. Developed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the Stop the Bleed program trains...
In the fourth installment of its series on the trauma care system in the U.S., the ACS Committee on Trauma shines a light on gaps that lead to variability, higher costs and, ultimately, preventable deaths. Improved bystander training, a rethinking of EMS services, a...
Dr. Ronald Stewart, Chair of the Department of Surgery at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, has an audacious goal: to teach 200 million people a simple approach to stop life-threatening bleeding. As Chair of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on...
