NTI project manager Lizette Villarreal and principal investigator Dr. Brian Eastridge presented a poster detailing the Multi-Institutional Multi-Disciplinary Injury Mortality Investigation in the Civilian Prehospital Environment (MIMIC) at the annual Military Health...
August 19, 2019–Donald Jenkins, MD, professor of surgery at UTHealth San Antonio and an NTI Board member, and the entire San Antonio Whole Blood Consortium, were selected as the winners of the 2019 MHSRS Outstanding Team Research Accomplishment award. Dr....
This month, a Research Methodology conference hosted by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) and the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) took a step closer toward matching research efforts with the societal burden of traumatic...
July 8, 2019–The latest Vital Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a 5.3% rise in the number of deaths due to accidents (or unintentional injuries) from 2016 to 2017, the most recent year for which data is available....
The first annual National Whole Blood Summit was held in San Antonio, TX, on May 22, 2019. Organized by the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC), the conference brought together leaders from around the country, spanning the disciplines of trauma...
The June issue of Injury remembers Don Trunkey, MD, FACS, (1937-2019) a giant in the field of trauma care. Dr. Trunkey’s seminal work showing the effect of access to a trauma center on mortality served as the basis for the trauma care system as it exists today....
