This month, the American College of Surgeons’ “Bulletin in Brief” featured Dr. Eileen Bulger, who is both the chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma and the chair of the Coalition for National Trauma Research. Dr. Bulger discusses the impact of...
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 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...
Suggesting that the messaging surrounding the development of a national trauma system should shift from the traditional public health realm to the realm of national security, Dr. Ronald Stewart and Dr. Robert Winchell elaborated on the outcomes of the April meeting of...
Controversy surrounding the number and location of designated trauma centers in the U.S. has led to much discussion and the emergency of two camps: one in favor of restraining the proliferation of centers and one in favor of allowing individual institutions to decide...
