A full-length feature story published in the El Paso Times yesterday recounts the experiences of trauma surgeons at San Antonio’s University Hospital as they worked to save the lives of nine victims of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting in early November. The...
In a letter published in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open April 3rd, surgeons Lewis Kaplan, Erik Barquist, Donald Jenkins and Orlando Kirton argue that more surgeons should be advocating for the trauma profession and for the benefit of trauma patients. Members of...
In a Time magazine opinion piece, Illinois senator-elect Tammy Duckworth and Boston Marathon bombing victim Patrick Downes state their case for establishing a military-civilian trauma care partnership that can save lives. As a U.S. House member, Duckworth introduced...
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,...
In a Scranton Journal story about how military surgeons rediscover and refine treatments from the past while saving lives on the battlefield, Donald Jenkins, MD, and Daniel Grabo, MD, talk about the concept of “damage-control surgery” conducted in austere...
Dr. Terrence Curran, a trauma and critical care surgeon at Morristown Memorial Hospital, wrote an op-ed for the New Jersey Star-Ledger in support of introduced legislation to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. He suggests that widespread public...
